Commentaries on the Catholic Epistles

1What has been from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked on, what our hands have handled, concerning the word of life;

2(And the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us) —

3What we have seen and heard, declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

4And we write these things to you, that your joy may be complete.

5And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is not any darkness.

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

7But 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.

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

9If we confess our sins, faithful is he and just, so as to forgive us oursins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness:

10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.