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¹ That 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

¹ What was ^(A)from the beginning, what we have ^(B)heard, what we have ^(C)seen with our eyes, what we ^(D)have looked at and ^(E)touched with our hands, concerning the ^(F)Word of Life—

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

¹ What was from the beginning,^(A)what we have heard,what we have seen with our eyes,what we have observedand have touched with our hands,concerning the Word^(B) of life—

¹ What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!

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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 ^(G)the life was manifested, and we have ^(H)seen and ^(I)testify and proclaim to you ^(J)the eternal life, which was ^(K)with the Father and was ^(L)manifested to us—

² (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

² that life was revealed,^(C)and we have seen itand we testify and declare to youthe eternal life that was with the Fatherand was revealed to us^(D)—

² This life was revealed to us, and we have seen it and testify about it. We declare to you this eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

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³ We 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:

³ what we have ^(M)seen and ^(N)heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our ^(O)fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

³ That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

³ what we have seen and heardwe also declare to you,so that you may have fellowship^(E) along with us;and indeed our fellowship is with the Father^(F)and with His Son Jesus Christ.

³ What we have seen and heard we declare to you so that you, too, can have fellowship with us. Now this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus, the Messiah.

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

⁴ ^(P)These things we write, so that our ^(Q)joy may be made complete.

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

⁴ We are writing these things^(a)so that our^(b) joy^(G) may be complete.

⁴ We are writing these things so that our joy may be full.

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⁵ This 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.

⁵ ^(R)This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that ^(S)God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

⁵ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

⁵ Now this 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)

⁵ This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all!

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

⁶ ^(T)If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we ^(U)lie and ^(V)do not practice the truth;

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

⁶ If we say, “We have fellowship^(J) with Him,” yet we walk in darkness,^(K) we are lying and are not practicing^(c) the truth.^(L)

⁶ If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

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⁷ But 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.

⁷ but if we ^(W)walk in the Light as ^(X)He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(Y)the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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

⁷ But if we walk in the light^(M) as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus^(N) His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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

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

⁸ ^(Z)If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the ^(AA)truth is not in us.

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

⁸ If we say, “We have no sin,”^(O) we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

⁸ If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.

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⁹ If 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.

⁹ ^(AB)If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and ^(AC)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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

⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive^(P) us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

⁹ If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.

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

¹⁰ ^(AD)If we say that we have not sinned, we ^(AE)make Him a liar and ^(AF)His word is not in us. Cross references: 1 John 1:1 : John 1:1f; 1 John 2:13, 14 1 John 1:1 : Acts 4:20; 1 John 1:3 1 John 1:1 : John 19:35; 2 Pet 1:16; 1 John 1:2 1 John 1:1 : John 1:14; 1 John 4:14 1 John 1:1 : Luke 24:39; John 20:27 1 John 1:1 : John 1:1, 4 1 John 1:2 : John 1:4; 1 John 3:5, 8; 5:20 1 John 1:2 : John 19:35; 1 John 1:1 1 John 1:2 : John 15:27; 1 John 4:14 1 John 1:2 : John 10:28; 17:3; 1 John 2:25; 5:11, 13, 20 1 John 1:2 : John 1:1 1 John 1:2 : John 1:4; 1 John 3:5, 8; 5:20 1 John 1:3 : John 19:35; 2 Pet 1:16; 1 John 1:1 1 John 1:3 : Acts 4:20; 1 John 1:1 1 John 1:3 : John 17:3, 21; 1 Cor 1:9 1 John 1:4 : 1 John 2:1 1 John 1:4 : John 3:29 1 John 1:5 : John 1:19; 1 John 3:11 1 John 1:5 : 1 Tim 6:16; James 1:17 1 John 1:6 : John 8:12; 1 John 2:11 1 John 1:6 : John 8:55; 1 John 2:4; 4:20 1 John 1:6 : John 3:21 1 John 1:7 : Is 2:5 1 John 1:7 : 1 Tim 6:16 1 John 1:7 : Titus 2:14 1 John 1:8 : Job 15:14; Prov 20:9; Rom 3:10ff; James 3:2 1 John 1:8 : John 8:44; 1 John 2:4 1 John 1:9 : Ps 32:5; Prov 28:13 1 John 1:9 : Titus 2:14 1 John 1:10 : Job 15:14 1 John 1:10 : John 3:33; 1 John 5:10 1 John 1:10 : 1 John 2:14 end of crossrefs

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

¹⁰ If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word^(Q) is not in us.^(R)

¹⁰ If we say that we have never sinned, we make him a liar and his word has no place in us.

1 John 1

Prologue

God Is Light, So Walk In The Light