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1 John 1:5–7

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5mThis then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that nGod is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6oIf we say that we have fellowship with him, and pwalk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and qthe blood of rJesus Christ his Son scleanseth us from all sin.

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1 John 1:5: This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

Cross references

  1. mSo ch. 3. 11.
  2. nSo 1 Tim. 6. 16. James 1. 17. See John 1. 4.
  3. oSo 2 Cor. 6. 14. ch. 2. 4.
  4. pJohn 12. 35. ch. 2. 11.
  5. qSo Rev. 7. 14. See Acts 20. 28.
  6. rSo ch. 2. 2.
  7. sver. 9. So 1 Cor. 6. 11. See Ps. 65. 3. & Rom. 4. 25. & Tit. 2. 14.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him. If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there is no darkness in him at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.