1 John 1:5 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 John 1:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἔστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
αὕτη
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ἀγγελία
angelía
G31
message
ἣν
hós
G3739
who
ἀκηκόαμεν
akoúō
G191
to hear
ἀπ’
apó
G575
from
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἀναγγέλλομεν
anangéllō
G312
to announce
ὑμῖν
hymeîs
G5210
you
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
θεὸς
theós
G2316
God
φῶς
phōs
G5457
light
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
σκοτία
skotía
G4653
darkness
ἐν
en
G1722
in
αὐτῷ
autós
G846
he
οὐκ
ou
G3756
not
ἔστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
οὐδεμία
oudeís
G3762
nothing
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World English Bible Public Domain
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And this is the message that we have heard from him and are announcing to you, that God is light, and darkness is not in him at all.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).