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1 John 1

The Word of life

e 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.a 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.b 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.c

4We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.d

Walking in the light

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.e 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.f 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.g

8If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.h 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.i 10If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.j

Commentary
1 João 1 opens with a breathtaking prologue: the apostle John, an eyewitness to the eternal life made visible in Jesus Christ, declares what he has seen and heard. This chapter establishes the foundation for the entire letter — fellowship with God and with one another is grounded in
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Bible Dictionary· 1 John 1(5)

FatherLightPlaceSawWord

Bible Characters· 1 John 1(1)

Jesus

References· 1 John 1

a
v.1 — Acts 4:20, John 20:27, 1 John 4:14, John 1:1-18, Luke 24:39, John 5:26, John 8:58, 2 Peter 1:16-18, 1 John 1:2-3, Revelation 1:17-18
b
v.2 — John 1:4, 1 John 5:20, 1 Timothy 3:16, John 17:3, Titus 1:2, 1 John 3:8, John 14:6, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 3:5, John 15:27
c
v.3 — 1 Corinthians 1:9, John 17:3, John 17:21, Acts 4:20, Philippians 2:1, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Hebrews 3:14, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:23-24, 1 Peter 5:1
d
v.4 — John 15:11, John 16:24, 2 John 1:12, 2 Corinthians 1:24, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Ephesians 3:19, John 3:29, Isaiah 61:10, Philippians 1:25-26
e
v.5 — John 8:12, James 1:17, Isaiah 60:19, Psalms 27:1, John 1:9, John 1:4, Revelation 22:5, Revelation 21:23, John 12:35-36, John 9:5
f
v.6 — 1 John 4:20, 1 John 2:4, John 3:19-21, Proverbs 4:18-19, John 8:12, 1 John 1:10, Proverbs 2:13, John 12:35, 2 Corinthians 6:14-16, John 12:46
g
v.7 — Ephesians 5:8, Romans 13:12, Revelation 1:5, Ephesians 1:7, Revelation 7:14, Hebrews 9:14, 1 John 2:9-10, 1 John 1:5, 1 Corinthians 6:11, John 12:35
h
v.8 — Romans 3:23, Ecclesiastes 7:20, James 3:2, Isaiah 53:6, 1 John 2:4, 1 John 1:10, Job 15:14, Proverbs 20:9, Isaiah 64:6, Psalms 143:2
i
v.9 — Psalms 32:5, Proverbs 28:13, Jeremiah 33:8, Psalms 51:2-5, 1 John 1:7, Ezekiel 36:25, Hebrews 10:23, 1 Timothy 1:15, Nehemiah 1:6, Ezekiel 37:23
j
v.10 — 1 John 1:8, 1 John 5:10, Psalms 130:3, 1 John 2:4, 2 John 1:2, Colossians 3:16, Job 24:25, 1 John 2:14, 1 John 4:4

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