| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 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. | 1This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life-- |
| 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. | 2and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us). |
| 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. | 3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ). |
| 4We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy. Living in the Light | 4Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. |
| 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. | 5Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. |
| 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. | 6If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth. |
| 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. | 7But if we walk 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. |
| 8If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. | 8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. |
| 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. | 9But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. |
| 10If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts. | 10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us. |
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