1 John 111 JohnThe word of life; walking in the lightPlain English Version

Plain English VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. The Word of Life

   (Luke 24:36–49; John 20:19–23)

2. 1ENGPEVYou know the one that was always with God right from the start, the one that was with God our father before God made anything. God sent him to the earth as a man, and God showed him to us mob. We saw him with our own eyes, and we heard him talk, and we touched him with our own hands. We are telling you, he is the one that gives new life, so that people can live with God for ever. So he is called the 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. 3ENGPEVWe saw him, and we heard him, and now we are telling you mob about him. You see, we want to make sure that you know him too. Then you will be joined up with us, like we are in the same family. And all of us will be joined up with God our father, and with his son Jesus Christ.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.
4. 4ENGPEVThat’s the reason why we are writing this letter to you mob. Yes, we want to make sure that you properly know God. That will make us really happy.BSBBSB: We write these things so that our joy may be complete.

5. Walking in the Light

   (John 8:12–29)

6. 5ENGPEVNow we are going to tell you mob a special message. Jesus Christ told us that message, and now we are telling it to you. It is about God. He is properly good, and he never does anything bad. He is like a light that’s always really bright and never goes dark 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.
7. 6ENGPEVSo think about this. If somebody says that they are joined up with God, but they keep on doing bad things all the time, that person is lying. They don’t know God, and they don’t live his way. It’s like they are walking in the dark.BSBBSB: If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
8. 7ENGPEVBut if we always try to do what is right, just like God always does what is right, it’s like we are walking in the light. If we live like that, it shows that we are in God’s family, and we are joined up with all the other people in God’s family. And we know that God’s son Jesus died for us, and he takes away all the bad things we do. It’s like his blood washes us and makes us properly clean inside.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.
9. 8ENGPEVYou know, we all do bad things. If we reckon that we never do anything bad, we are just tricking ourselves. If we talk like that, it shows that we don’t know God’s true message.BSBBSB: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
10. 9ENGPEVBut if we pray to God and talk straight about the bad things we do, and if we tell him that we are sorry, then he will let go of those bad things, and he will never do payback to us. And he will make us properly clean inside. God promised that he will do that, and he always keeps his promises, he always does what is right.BSBBSB: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
11. 10ENGPEVThink about this too. God tells us in his book that everybody does bad things. So if you reckon that you never did anything bad, you are saying that God is a liar, and you are not listening to his true message at all.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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