1 John 1

1That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

1That which was from [the] beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life;

2(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

2(and the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us:)

3We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

3that which we have seen and heard we report to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship [is] indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

4And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

4And these things write we to you that your joy may be full.

5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, thatGod is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

6If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.

7But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

7But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

8If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

9If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [our] sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.