⁶If 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 ⁷If 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.

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1 John 1:7: 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.

Cross references

j 2Co 8:4
k Pr 2:13; Is 9:2; 50:10; Jn 8:12; 12:35; 1Jn 2:11
l Jn 14:6; 2Co 11:10; 3Jn 3
m Eph 5:8–14; Php 2:15; Col 1:12–14; 1Th 5:5
n Heb 10:19; 12:24; 1Pt 1:2,19; Rv 1:5
o Pr 20:9; Jr 2:35; Rm 3:9–23; Jms 3:2
p Ps 103:3; Jr 31:34; Mt 9:6; 26:28; Col 1:14; Jms 5:15
q Lk 8:21; Heb 4:12
r Jn 8:37
s Jn 14:26