The living One1I want to tell you about the Word of Life. He existed before time began. I and the other apostles heard Him, saw Him with our eyes; yes, we looked at Him and even touched Him with our hands when He became a Man and lived among us.2The One who is Life itself appeared; we saw this Life and I can testify to what He did. We tell you clearly that He is Eternal Life; He was with the Father in heaven and He came and revealed Himself to us.3-4So we speak to you of what we have seen and heard, for we are first-hand witnesses. We tell you these things so that you may share in His life with us. Yes, we share in the life of the Father and His Son Jesus Christ and it gives us great joy to tell you about these things.Walk in the light5This is the message, the revelation that we heard from Him and now reveal to you: God is Light; in Him there is no darkness at all.6If we claim to share in His Light and yet walk in spiritual darkness, we only lie and do not live according to the truth.7But if we walk in the Light, just as He is in the Light, we share in His Life together and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin, from everything we have done against His will.Confess sin8This does not mean that we never sin. If we claim such a thing we only deceive ourselves and the truth does not live in us.9Yet if we are honest with Him and confess our sins, He then forgives our sins and purifies us from everything that is not right in His eyes. He is always faithful and just to do this.10But if we claim we have no sin, and therefore have no need of forgiveness, that is tantamount to calling God a liar and is evidence that the truth of His Word has no place in our lives!
Scripture quoted by permission. The passage above is taken from THE TRUTH VERSION. Copyright © 2009 by Colin Urquhart. All rights reserved worldwide. (The Truth New Testament)