1 John 1:1–10

¹That which was from [the] beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have viewed attentively and our hands felt, concerning the word of life,²(yes, the life was made manifest, and we have seen and are bearing witness and reporting to ​YOU​ the everlasting life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us,)³that which we have seen and heard we are reporting also to ​YOU, that ​YOU​ too may be having a sharing with us. Furthermore, this sharing of ours is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.⁴And so we are writing these things that our joy may be in full measure.

⁵And this is the message which we have heard from him and are announcing to ​YOU, that God is light and there is no darkness at all in union with him.⁶If we make the statement: “We are having a sharing with him,” and yet we go on walking in the darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.⁷However, if we are walking in the light as he himself is in the light, we do have a sharing with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁸If we make the statement: “We have no sin,” we are misleading ourselves and the truth is not in us.⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.¹⁰If we make the statement: “We have not sinned,” we are making him a liar, and his word is not in us.