Our message concerns that Word, 

who is life; 

what he was from the first, 

what we have heard about him,

 what our own eyes have seen of him; 

what it was that met our gaze,

and the touch of our hands.

 Yes, life dawned;

 and it is as eye-witnesses that we give you news of that life, 

that eternal life, 

which ever abode with the Father and has dawned, now, on us.

 This message about what we have seen and heard we pass on to you,

 so that you too may share in our fellowship. 

What is it, this fellowship of ours? 

Fellowship with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 

And if we are writing to you now,

 it is so that joy may be yours in full measure.

1John1, Knox Bible