1 John 1
Easy-to-Read Version
1 We want to tell you about the Word[a] that gives life—the one who existed before the world began. This is the one we have heard and have seen with our own eyes. We saw what he did, and our hands touched him. 2 Yes, the one who is life was shown to us. We saw him, and so we can tell others about him. We now tell you about him. He is the eternal life that was with God the Father and was shown to us. 3 We are telling you about what we have seen and heard because we want you to have fellowship[b] with us. The fellowship we share together is with God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. 4 We write these things to you so that you can be full of joy with us.
God Forgives Our Sins
5 We heard the true teaching from God. Now we tell it to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness. 6 So if we say that we share in life with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars, who don’t follow the truth. 7 We should live in the light, where God is. If we live in the light, we have fellowship with each other, and the blood sacrifice of Jesus, God’s Son, washes away every sin and makes us clean.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we are saying that God is a liar and that we don’t accept his true teaching.
Footnotes
- 1 John 1:1 Word The Greek word is “ logos,” meaning any kind of communication. Here, it means Christ—the way God told people about himself.
- 1 John 1:3 fellowship Associating with people and sharing things together with them. Believers in Christ share love, joy, sorrow, faith, and other things with each other and with God. Also in verse 7.
1 Juan 1
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Ang Salitang Nagbibigay-buhay
1 Sumusulat(A) kami sa inyo tungkol sa kanya na sa simula pa'y siya na, ang Salitang nagbibigay-buhay. Siya ay aming narinig at nakita, napagmasdan at nahawakan. 2 Nahayag(B) ang buhay na ito, nakita namin siya, at pinapatotohanan namin at ipinapangaral sa inyo ang buhay na walang hanggan na kasama ng Ama, at nahayag sa amin. 3 Ipinapahayag nga namin sa inyo ang aming nakita't narinig upang makasama kayo sa aming pakikiisa sa Ama at sa kanyang Anak na si Jesu-Cristo. 4 Isinusulat namin ito upang malubos ang aming[a] kagalakan.
Mamuhay Ayon sa Liwanag
5 Ito ang aming narinig sa kanyang Anak at ipinapahayag naman namin sa inyo: ang Diyos ay liwanag at walang anumang kadiliman sa kanya. 6 Kung sinasabi nating tayo'y may pakikiisa sa kanya ngunit namumuhay naman tayo sa kadiliman, nagsisinungaling tayo at hindi namumuhay ayon sa katotohanan. 7 Ngunit kung namumuhay tayo sa liwanag, gaya niya na nasa liwanag, tayo'y nagkakaisa at ang lahat ng ating kasalanan ay nililinis ng dugo ni Jesus na kanyang Anak.
8 Kung sinasabi nating tayo'y walang kasalanan, dinadaya natin ang ating sarili at wala sa atin ang katotohanan. 9 Subalit kung ipinapahayag natin ang ating mga kasalanan, patatawarin tayo ng Diyos sa mga ito, at lilinisin tayo sa lahat ng ating kasalanan, sapagkat siya'y tapat at matuwid. 10 Kung sinasabi nating hindi tayo nagkasala, ginagawa nating sinungaling ang Diyos, at wala sa atin ang kanyang salita.
Footnotes
- 4 aming: Sa ibang matatandang manuskrito'y inyong .
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