1 John 1:5 — Compare Translations

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And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

English EASY 2024

We are telling you the good news that Jesus Christ told to us. This is the message: God is completely pure, like light. There is nothing dark in him.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

We heard the true teaching from God. Now we tell it to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Now the message that we have heard from his Son and announce is this: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him.

English God's Word - GW 1995

This is the message we heard from Christ and are reporting to you: God is light, and there isn't any darkness in him.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him.

English KJV 1611

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

English LSB

And this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

This then is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Now this is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Here is the message we have heard from him and announce to you. God is light. There is no darkness in him at all.

English NIV

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

English NKJ 1982

This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

English NLT

This is the message he has given us to announce to you: God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

This is the life-giving message we heard him share and it’s still ringing in our ears. We now repeat his words to you: God is pure light. You will never find even a trace of darkness in him.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

This is the message God has given us to pass on to you: that God is Light and in him is no darkness at all.

English Tyndale 1537

And this is the tidings which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.