1What was from the beginning,^a what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the word^b of life—²that life was revealed,^c and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us^d—³what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship^e with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father^f and with his Son, Jesus Christ. ⁴We are writing these things^A so that our^B joy^g may be complete.

FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

⁵This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light,^h and there is absolutely no darkness in him.ⁱ ⁶If we say, “We have fellowship^j with him,” and yet we walk in darkness,^k we are lying and are not practicing the truth.^l ⁷If we walk in the light^m as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesusⁿ his Son cleanses us from all sin. ⁸If we say, “We have no sin,”^o we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive^p us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word^q is not in us.^r

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Footnotes

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Cross references

a Jn 1:1; 1Jn 2:13–14
b Ps 119:25; Jn 1:1,4; 5:24; Php 2:16
c Jn 1:31; 21:1,14; Col 3:4; 1Pt 5:4; 1Jn 2:28; 3:5,8
d 1Jn 5:20
e Php 3:10
f Mt 11:27
g 2Co 2:3; Php 1:4,25; 2:18
h Ps 27:1; 36:9; Jn 12:46; 1Tm 6:16
i 1Jn 2:5
j 2Co 8:4
k Pr 2:13; Is 9:2; 50:10; Jn 8:12; 12:35; 1Jn 2:11
l Jn 14:6; 2Co 11:10; 3Jn 3
m Eph 5:8–14; Php 2:15; Col 1:12–14; 1Th 5:5
n Heb 10:19; 12:24; 1Pt 1:2,19; Rv 1:5
o Pr 20:9; Jr 2:35; Rm 3:9–23; Jms 3:2
p Ps 103:3; Jr 31:34; Mt 9:6; 26:28; Col 1:14; Jms 5:15
q Lk 8:21; Heb 4:12
r Jn 8:37