1 John 1

₂The one who gives life appeared! We saw it happen, and we are witnesses to what we have seen. Now we are telling you about this eternal life that was with the Father and appeared to us. ₃We are telling you what we have seen and heard, so that you may share in this life with us. And we share in it with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. ₄We are writing to tell you these things, because this makes us truly happy.

₅Jesus told us that God is light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you.

₆If we say that we share in life with God and keep on living in the dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth. ₇But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away. ₈If we say that we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts. ₉But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.

₁₀If we say that we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and his message isn't in our hearts.