1 John 1

²⁰For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

²⁷Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”

¹⁴And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

²He was with God in the beginning.

³⁹Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”

²⁶For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

²⁰And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

⁴In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

¹⁶By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

³Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

²in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

⁸The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

⁹God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

³Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

²¹that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

²⁰For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

¹Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

¹⁴The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

¹¹I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

²⁴Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

¹²I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

²⁴Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

¹⁷Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

¹⁸yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

¹⁹of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

¹²Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

¹⁷Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

¹⁹No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

¹Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

⁹The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

⁴In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

⁴If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

²⁰If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

¹⁹And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

²⁰Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

¹²Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

¹⁸The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

¹⁹But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

¹⁰If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

⁸For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

¹²The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

⁷In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

⁹If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

¹⁰Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

¹⁴“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

²⁰Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

²We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.

⁶We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

⁴If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

¹⁰If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

⁵Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

¹³He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

⁸And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.

²Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

³For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

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

²⁵I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

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

¹⁰Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

⁴If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

³If You, O Lord, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

²because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

¹⁶Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.