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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 John 1 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_john/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_john/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > 1 John 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_peter/3.htm" title="2 Peter 3">◄</a> 1 John 1 <a href="../1_john/2.htm" title="1 John 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_john/1-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Word of Life<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/24.htm#36">Luke 24:36–49</a>; <a href ="../john/20.htm#19">John 20:19–23</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>What was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we beheld, and our own hands felt, concerning the word of life; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>(And the life was manifested, and we have seen, and we testify, and announce to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;) <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>What we have seen and heard we announce to you, that ye also might have communion with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And these we write to you, that your joy might be filled up.<p> <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">Walking in the Light<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../john/8.htm#12">John 8:12–29</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And this is the message which we have heard from him, and we announce to you, that God is light, and no darkness is in him. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we are deceived, and do not the truth: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from every sin. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just that he let go sins to us, and cleanse us from all injustice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; 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