1 John 1 Parallel Bible (Goodspeed New Testament)

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¹ It is what existed from the beginning, that we announce; what we have heard, what we have seen with our own eyes, what we have beheld, and touched with our hands; it is the very message of life??2 for life has been revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and announce to you that eternal life that was with the Father and has been revealed to us??3 it is what we have seen and heard that we announce to you also, so that you may share our fellowship, for our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ,

¹ What was ^(A)from the beginning, what we have ^(B)heard, what we have ^(C)seen with our eyes, what we ^(D)have looked at and ^(E)touched with our hands, concerning the ^(F)Word of Life—

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

¹ What was from the beginning,^(A)what we have heard,what we have seen with our eyes,what we have observedand have touched with our hands,concerning the Word^(B) of life—

¹ What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!

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² and we write this to you to make your happiness complete.

² and ^(G)the life was manifested, and we have ^(H)seen and ^(I)testify and proclaim to you ^(J)the eternal life, which was ^(K)with the Father and was ^(L)manifested to us—

² (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

² that life was revealed,^(C)and we have seen itand we testify and declare to youthe eternal life that was with the Fatherand was revealed to us^(D)—

² This life was revealed to us, and we have seen it and testify about it. We declare to you this eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.

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³ This is the message that we heard from him and announce to you: God is light; there is no darkness in him at all.

³ what we have ^(M)seen and ^(N)heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our ^(O)fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

³ That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

³ what we have seen and heardwe also declare to you,so that you may have fellowship^(E) along with us;and indeed our fellowship is with the Father^(F)and with His Son Jesus Christ.

³ What we have seen and heard we declare to you so that you, too, can have fellowship with us. Now this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus, the Messiah.

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⁴ If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.

⁴ ^(P)These things we write, so that our ^(Q)joy may be made complete.

⁴ And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

⁴ We are writing these things^(a)so that our^(b) joy^(G) may be complete.

⁴ We are writing these things so that our joy may be full.

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⁵ But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

⁵ ^(R)This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that ^(S)God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

⁵ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

⁵ Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light,^(H) and there is absolutely no darkness in Him.^(I)

⁵ This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all!

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⁶ If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts.

⁶ ^(T)If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we ^(U)lie and ^(V)do not practice the truth;

⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

⁶ If we say, “We have fellowship^(J) with Him,” yet we walk in darkness,^(K) we are lying and are not practicing^(c) the truth.^(L)

⁶ If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

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⁷ If we acknowledge our sins, he is upright and can be depended on to forgive our sins and cleanse us from everything wrong.

⁷ but if we ^(W)walk in the Light as ^(X)He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(Y)the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

⁷ But if we walk in the light^(M) as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus^(N) His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁷ But if we keep living in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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⁸ If we say, "We have not sinned," we are making him a liar, and his message is not in our hearts.

⁸ ^(Z)If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the ^(AA)truth is not in us.

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

⁸ If we say, “We have no sin,”^(O) we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

⁸ If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.

1 John 1

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God Is Light, So Walk In The Light