| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched--this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. | 1We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. |
| 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. | 2This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. |
| 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. | 3We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. |
| 4We write this to make our joy complete. | 4We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy. Living in the Light |
| 5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. | 5This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. |
| 6If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. | 6So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. |
| 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. | 7But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. |
| 8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. | 8If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. |
| 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. | 9But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. |
| 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. | 10If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts. |
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