1 John 1:3-10

New International Version

³ We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,^(A) so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.^{(B) 4} We write this^(C) to make our^[a] joy complete.^(D)

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

⁵ This is the message we have heard^(E) from him and declare to you: God is light;^(F) in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,^(G) we lie and do not live out the truth.^{(H) 7} But if we walk in the light,^(I) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^[b] sin.^(J)

⁸ If we claim to be without sin,^(K) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.^{(L) 9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^(M) and purify us from all unrighteousness.^{(N) 10} If we claim we have not sinned,^(O) we make him out to be a liar^(P) and his word is not in us.^(Q)