1 John 1:5–2:2

FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

⁵This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light,^h and there is absolutely no darkness in him.^{i 6}If we say, “We have fellowship^j with him,” and yet we walk in darkness,^k we are lying and are not practicing the truth.^{l 7}If we walk in the light^m as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesusⁿ his Son cleanses us from all sin. ⁸If we say, “We have no sin,”^o we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive^p us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make him a liar, and his word^q is not in us.^r

2My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate^s with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one. ²He himself is the atoning sacrifice^Ct for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.^u