1 John 111 JohnThe word of life; walking in the lightThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. The Word of Life

   (Luke 24:36–49; John 20:19–23)

2. 1ENGOJBWhat was Bereshis (in the Beginning) which we have examined with our ears, which we have seen with our eyes, which we beheld and the hands of us touched: the Dvar HaChayyim (Word of Life)!BSBBSB: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.
3. 2ENGOJBIndeed the Chayyei Olam was manifested, and we have seen it and we give solemn eidus (witness of testimony) and we proclaim to you the Chayyei Olam which was alongside with HaAv and made hisgalus (appearance of, exposure of in revelation) to us.BSBBSB: And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
4. 3ENGOJBWhat we have seen and what we have heard, we proclaim also to you, that you also may have deveykus (attachment to G-d) with us and our deveykus (attachment to G-d) is with HaAv and with the Zun foon Der Oybershter, Moshiach Yehoshua/Yeshua.BSBBSB: We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
5. 4ENGOJBAnd these things we write, that the simcha of us may be made shleimah.BSBBSB: We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

6. Walking in the Light

   (John 8:12–29)

7. 5ENGOJBAnd this is the Besuras HaGeulah which we have heard from Him and which we proclaim to you, that Hashem is Ohr (Light), and in Him choshech there is not any at all.BSBBSB: And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
8. 6ENGOJBIf we make the claim that we have deveykus with Him and in the choshech walk, we speak sheker and have no halakhah in the Derech Emes.BSBBSB: If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
9. 7ENGOJBBut if our halakhah is in the Ohr as He is in the Ohr, we have hitkhabrut (joining, adhesion, fellowship) with one another and the dahm of Yehoshua, HaBen of Hashem, gives us tohorah (cleansing) from kol chet.BSBBSB: But 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.
10. 8ENGOJBIf we make the claim that we do not have avon (sin), we cause ourselves to fall under mirmah (deceit, fraud) and HaEmes is not in us.BSBBSB: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
11. 9ENGOJBIf we make vidduy (confession of sin) of chattoteinu (our sins), he is ne'eman (faithful) and tzaddik to grant selicha (forgiveness) of chattoteinu (our sins) and give us tohorah (purification, cleansing) from kol avon.BSBBSB: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
12. 10ENGOJBIf we make the claim that we have not committed averos, a shakran (liar) we make Him, and the dvar of Him is not in us.BSBBSB: If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

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