Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 John 1:2-3

"(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us); that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:" — 1 John 1:2-3 (ASV)

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us,) that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that you also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

The Father delights in his risen Son, no more to suffer and to die, having accomplished all his work; and I am sure that we have fellowship with the Father in that rejoicing. Then think what is the joy of Christ, who has passed through the shades of death, and risen from all the gloom of the sepulcher no more to die. I trust, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, that we have fellowship with him, for we also have risen with him to newness of life.