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[1]That thing that was fro the bigynnyng, which we herden, which we sayn with oure iyen, which we bihelden, and oure hondis touchiden, of the word of lijf; and the lijf is schewid.
[2]And we sayn, and we witnessen, and tellen to you the euerlastynge lijf, that was anentis the fadir, and apperide to vs.
[3]Therfor `we tellen to you that thing, that we seyn, and herden, that also ye haue felowschipe with vs, and oure felowschip be with the fadir, and with his sone Jhesu Crist.
[4]And we writen this thing to you, that ye haue ioye, and that youre ioye be ful.
[5]And this is the tellyng, that we herden of hym, and tellen to you, that God is liyt, and ther ben no derknessis in him.
[6]If we seien, that we han felawschip with hym, and we wandren in derknessis, we lien, and don not treuthe.
[7]But if we walken in liyt, as also he is in liyt, we han felawschip togidere; and the blood of Jhesu Crist, his sone, clensith vs fro al synne.
[8]If we seien, that we han no synne, we disseyuen vs silf, and treuthe is not in vs.
[9]If we knowlechen oure synnes, he is feithful and iust, that he foryyue to vs oure synnes, and clense vs from al wickidnesse.
[10]And if we seien, we han not synned, we maken hym a liere, and his word is not in vs.
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