| 1 | 1 John | ||
| 1 | IT WAS THERE from the beginning, we have heard it; we have seen it with our own eyes; we looked upon it, and felt it with our own hands; and it is of this we tell. Our theme is the word of life. | The Word of Life 1Jn.1.1-4 | |
| 2 | This life was made visible; we have seen it and bear our testimony; we here declare to you the eternal life which dwelt with the Father and was made visible to us. | ||
| 3 | What we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you and we together may share in a common life, that life which we share with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. | ||
| 4 | And we write this in order that the joy of us all may be complete. | ||
| 5 | Here is the message we heard from him and pass on to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. | God is Light 1Jn.1.5-10 | |
| 6 | If we claim to be sharing in his life while we walk in the dark, our words and our lives are a lie; | ||
| 7 | but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, then we share together a common life, and we are being cleansed from every sin by the blood of Jesus his Son. | ||
| 8 | If we claim to be sinless, we are self-deceived and strangers to the truth. | ||
| 9 | If we confess our sins, he is just, and may be trusted to forgive our sins and cleanse us from every kind of wrong; | ||
| 10 | but if we say we have committed no sin, we make him out to be a liar, and then his word has no place in us. | ||
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