that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you: After the intervening remarks of verse 2, John continues the thought from verse one. "Declare" is from the same word as "shew" in verse 2. It is in the present tense in the Greek and should be translated "we are declaring." Those things concerning Jesus, which the apostles had experienced through the physical senses, were continually proclaimed unto the people of the first century.