1 John 1

1 John 1, Catholic Public Domain Version

1. He who was from the beginning, whom we have heard, whom we have seen with our eyes, upon whom we have gazed, and whom our hands have certainly touched: He is the Word of Life.

   Quod fuit ab initio, quod audivimus, quod vidimus oculis nostris, quod perspeximus, et manus nostræ contrectaverunt de verbo vitæ:

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   And that Life has been made manifest. And we have seen, and we testify, and we announce to you: the Eternal Life, who was with the Father, and who appeared to us.

   et vita manifestata est, et vidimus, et testamur, et annuntiamus vobis vitam æternam, quæ erat apud Patrem, et apparuit nobis:

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   He whom we have seen and heard, we announce to you, so that you, too, may have fellowship with us, and so that our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

   quod vidimus et audivimus, annuntiamus vobis, ut et vos societatem habeatis nobiscum, et societas nostra sit cum Patre, et cum Filio ejus Jesu Christo.

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   And this we write to you, so that you may rejoice, and so that your joy may be full.

   Et hæc scribimus vobis ut gaudeatis, et gaudium vestrum sit plenum.

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   And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

   Et hæc est annuntiatio, quam audivimus ab eo, et annuntiamus vobis: quoniam Deus lux est, et tenebræ in eo non sunt ullæ.

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   If we claim that we have fellowship with him, and yet we walk in darkness, then we are lying and not telling the truth.

   Si dixerimus quoniam societatem habemus cum eo, et in tenebris ambulamus, mentimur, et veritatem non facimus.

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   But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

   Si autem in luce ambulamus sicut et ipse est in luce, societatem habemus ad invicem, et sanguis Jesu Christi, Filii ejus, emundat nos ab omni peccato.

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   If we claim that we have no sin, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

   Si dixerimus quoniam peccatum non habemus, ipsi nos seducimus, et veritas in nobis non est.

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   If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

   Si confiteamur peccata nostra: fidelis est, et justus, ut remittat nobis peccata nostra, et emundet nos ab omni iniquitate.

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    If we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us.

    Si dixerimus quoniam non peccavimus, mendacem facimus eum, et verbum ejus non est in nobis.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)