1That ^awhich was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have ^bseen with our eyes, ^cwhich we have looked upon, and ^dour hands have handled, concerning the ^eWord of life—²^fthe life ^gwas manifested, and we have seen, ^hand bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was ⁱwith the Father and was manifested to us—³that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is ^jwith the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. ⁴And these things we write to you ^kthat ¹your joy may be full.

Fellowship with Him and One Another

⁵^lThis is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that ^mGod is light and in Him is no darkness at all. ⁶ⁿIf we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ⁷But if we ^owalk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^pthe blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we ^qconfess our sins, He is ^rfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and to ^scleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we ^tmake Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

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Footnotes

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Cross references

a[John 1:1]; 1 John 2:13, 14
b Luke 1:2; John 1:14
c 2 Pet. 1:16
d Luke 24:39; John 20:27
e[John 1:1, 4, 14]
f John 1:4; [1 John 3:5, 8; 5:20]
g Rom. 16:26; 1 Tim. 3:16
h John 21:24
i[John 1:1, 18; 16:28]
j John 17:21; 1 Cor. 1:9; 1 John 2:24
k John 15:11; 16:24; 1 Pet. 1:8
l John 1:19; 1 John 3:11
m[1 Tim. 6:16]; James 1:17
n[John 8:12]; 2 Cor. 6:14; [1 John 2:9–11]
o Is. 2:5
p[1 Cor. 6:11]
q Ps. 32:5; Prov. 28:13
r[Rom. 3:24–26]
s Ps. 51:2
t John 3:33; 1 John 5:10