1 John 1:3-5

New Century Version

³ We announce to you what we have seen and heard, because we want you also to have fellowship with us. Our fellowship is with God the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. ⁴ We write this to you so we may be full of joy.^[a]

God Forgives Our Sins

⁵ Here is the message we have heard from Christ and now announce to you: God is light,^[b] and in him there is no darkness at all.