1 John

Prologue

What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands concerning the Word of life.

This life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us. 

So, we tell you what we have seen and heard so that you may share in our fellowship; for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 

We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.

Light and Sin

We received his message and announced it to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him.

If we say we have fellowship with him while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not live in the truth. 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we are in fellowship with one another; and the blood of Jesus, the Son of God, cleanses us from all sin. 

If we claim, ‘We have no sin,’ we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 

If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

If we say that we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and his word is not in us.