The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 The Word, which gives life! He existed from the beginning. We have heard him, we have seen him with our eyes, we have contemplated him, we have touched him with our hands!
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That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life
2 The life appeared, and we have seen it. We are testifying to it and announcing it to you - eternal life! He was with the Father, and he appeared to us.
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(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);
3 What we have seen and heard, we are proclaiming to you; so that you too may have fellowship with us. Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Yeshua the Messiah.
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We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
4 We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
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And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.
5 And this is the message which we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him - none!
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This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him while we are walking in the darkness, we are lying and not living out the truth.
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If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:
7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of his Son Yeshua purifies us from all sin.
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But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
8 If we claim not to have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
9 If we acknowledge our sins, then, since he is trustworthy and just, he will forgive them and purify us from all wrongdoing.
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If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
10 If we claim we have not been sinning, we are making him out to be a liar, and his Word is not in us.
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If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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