Dem Show di Word of Life
Letter about assurance—how you fit know say you get eternal life, how to waka for light, and how to remain for love.
1 1Wetin dey from di beginning, wetin we hear, wetin we see with our own eyes, wetin we look well-well and touch with our hands—na dis one we dey announce about di Word of life, Jesus. a a v1 John take di one wey im touch and hear with im own body-sense open di talk — di Word of life na person, Jesus, e no be ordinary idea. 2Di life show; we see am, we testify about am, and we dey proclaim to una di life wey no dey end wey bin dey with our Papa and come show to us. 3Wetin we don see and hear, na im we dey proclaim to una too, so dat una fit share deep communion with us—our deep communion dey with our Papa and im Pikin, Jesus Christ. 4And we dey write dis things so dat our joy fit full complete.
To Waka for our Papa Light
5Na dis one we hear from am, and we dey tell una: our Papa na light—no darkness dey inside am at all. b b v5 Di God wey be pure light, wey no get any shadow of darkness inside am, na im be our Papa — na dis message Jesus carry, and im witness-people pass am give us. 6If we talk say we get communion with am, but we still dey waka for inside di darkness, we dey lie, and we no dey live di truth. 7But if we dey waka for inside di light, as im dey for inside di light, we dey share fellowship with each other, and di blood of im Pikin Jesus dey wash us clean from every sin. 8If we talk say we no get sin, we dey deceive ourself, and di truth no dey inside us. 9If we confess our sins, our Papa dey faithful and correct to forgive us our sins and wash us clean from all wrong-doing. 10If we talk say we no sin, we dey make am liar, and im word no dey inside us.
