1 John 1
1 This letter is about the Word of Life which existed from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our very own eyes and gazed upon, and which our hands have touched.
We write to you about the Word of life, which has been in existence from the beginning. We write of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands.
2 This Life was revealed to us; we saw it and give evidence about it. We are telling you about the one who is Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who was revealed to us. (aiōnios g166)
That life was made visible, and we have seen it. We bear our testimony to it, and tell you of that eternal life which was with the Father and was made visible to us. (aiōnios g166)
3 What we have seen and heard we are now explaining to you, so that you may also share in this friendship together with us—this friendship that is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
It is of what we have seen and heard that we now tell you, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
4 We're writing to tell you about this in order to make our happiness complete.
We are writing all this to you that our joy may be complete.
5 This is the message we received from him and that we declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him at all.
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
6 If we claim to share this friendship with him and yet go on living in darkness, we're lying, and not living in the truth.
If we say that we have fellowship with him and yet continue to walk in the darkness, our words and our lives are a lie.
7 But if we are living in the light, as he is in the light, then we share in this friendship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, makes us clean from every sin.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we claim to be sinless we only fool ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say, “we have no sin,” then we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us.
If we confess our sins, he is just and may be trusted to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all wrongdoing.
10 If we claim we haven't sinned, we turn him into a liar, and his word is not in us.
If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make God a liar, and his Word is not in us.
