1 John · Chapter 1
1 John 1
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The Word of Life
(Luke 24:36–49; John 20:19–23)
1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
2And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
4We write these things so that our joy may be complete.*
Walking in the Light
(John 8:12–29)
5And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
6If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice 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 cleanses us from all sin.*
8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
Source notes
Old Testament references
References from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Text from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 8:22The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Proverbs 8:23From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Proverbs 8:24When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
Proverbs 8:26before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
Proverbs 8:27I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
Proverbs 8:28when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Proverbs 8:29when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Proverbs 8:30Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.
Proverbs 8:31I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
Isaiah 41:4Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last— I am He.”
Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.