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La Palabra de vida

1-4 Esta carta habla de la Palabra de vida, la cual ya existía desde antes de que Dios creara el mundo. La escribimos para contarles lo que hemos visto y oído acerca de ella, para que juntos podamos alegrarnos completamente. Así ustedes se mantendrán unidos a nosotros, como nosotros nos mantenemos unidos a Dios el Padre y a su Hijo Jesucristo.

La Palabra de vida es Jesucristo, que es quien da la vida verdadera: la vida eterna. Jesucristo estaba con Dios el Padre, pero vino a nosotros. Y nosotros, sus discípulos, lo vimos con nuestros propios ojos, lo escuchamos hablar, y hasta pudimos tocarlo.

Amigos de Dios

Jesucristo nos enseñó que Dios es luz, y que donde Dios está no hay oscuridad.[a] Éste es el mensaje que ahora les anunciamos.

Si decimos que somos amigos de Dios y, al mismo tiempo, vivimos pecando, entonces resultamos ser unos mentirosos que no obedecen a Dios. Pero si vivimos en la luz, así como Dios vive en la luz, nos mantendremos unidos como hermanos y Dios perdonará nuestros pecados por medio de la sangre de su Hijo Jesús.

Si decimos que no hemos pecado, nos engañamos a nosotros mismos y no decimos la verdad. Pero si reconocemos ante Dios que hemos pecado, podemos estar seguros de que él, que es justo, nos perdonará y nos limpiará de toda maldad.

10 Si decimos que nunca hemos hecho lo malo, hacemos que Dios aparezca como un mentiroso, y no hemos aceptado el mensaje que él nos ha dado.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Juan 1:5 En estos versículos se dice que la vida de Dios y de quienes lo obedecen es como la luz. Se dice también que vivir en el pecado es vivir alejados de Dios, es vivir en la oscuridad.

God Forgives Our Sins

We write you now about something that has always existed.
We have heard.
We have seen with our own eyes.
We have watched,
and we have touched with our hands.

We write to you about the Word[a] that gives life. He who gives life was shown to us. We saw him, and we can give proof about it. And now we tell you that he has life that continues forever. The one who gives this life was with God the Father. God showed him to us. Now we tell you what we have seen and heard because we want you to have fellowship with us. The fellowship we share together is with God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to you so that we may be full of joy.[b]

Here is the message we have heard from God and now tell to you: God is light,[c] and in him there is no darkness at all. So if we say that we have fellowship with God, but we continue living in darkness, then we are liars. We do not follow the truth. God is in the light. We should live in the light, too. If we live in the light, we share fellowship with each other. And when we live in the light, the blood of the death of Jesus, God’s Son, is making us clean from every sin.

If we say that we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins. We can trust God. He does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrongs we have done. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, then we make God a liar. We do not accept God’s true teaching.

Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Word The Greek word is “logos,” meaning any kind of communication. It could be translated “message.” Here, it means Christ. Christ was the way God told people about himself.
  2. 1:4 so . . . joy Some Greek copies read “so that you may be full of joy.”
  3. 1:5 light This word is used to show what God is like. It means goodness or truth.

The Incarnation of the Word of Life

That which was from the beginning,(A) which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,(B) which we have looked at and our hands have touched(C)—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared;(D) we have seen it and testify to it,(E) and we proclaim to you the eternal life,(F) which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,(G) so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.(H) We write this(I) to make our[a] joy complete.(J)

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

This is the message we have heard(K) from him and declare to you: God is light;(L) in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,(M) we lie and do not live out the truth.(N) But if we walk in the light,(O) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.(P)

If we claim to be without sin,(Q) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(R) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(S) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(T) 10 If we claim we have not sinned,(U) we make him out to be a liar(V) and his word is not in us.(W)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
  2. 1 John 1:7 Or every