² The life appeared;^(A) we have seen it and testify to it,^(B) and we proclaim to you the eternal life,^(C) which was with the Father and has appeared to us.

²⁰ We know also that the Son of God has come^(A) and has given us understanding,^(B) so that we may know him who is true.^(C) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.^(D)

⁴ In him was life,^(A) and that life was the light^(B) of all mankind.

¹⁶ Beyond all question, the mystery^(A) from which true godliness^(B) springs is great:

⁸ The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,^(A) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God^(B) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.^(C)

¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,^(A) and this life is in his Son.^(B)

⁵ But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.^(A) And in him is no sin.^(B)

² in the hope of eternal life,^(A) which God, who does not lie,^(B) promised before the beginning of time,^(C)