⁵Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, ^jand there is absolutely no darkness in Him. ^k⁶If we say, “We have fellowship ^lwith Him,” yet we walk in darkness, ^mwe are lying and are not practicing ⁿthe truth. ^o⁷But if we walk in the light ^pas He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus ^qHis Son cleanses us from all sin. ⁸If we say, “We have no sin,” ^rwe are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive ^sus our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word ^tis not in us. ^u

2My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate ^vwith the Father—Jesus Christ the Righteous One. ²He Himself is the propitiation ^wfor our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world. ^x

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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.

Footnotes

n1:6 Or not living according to

Cross references

j1:5 Ps 27:1; 36:9; Jn 12:46; 1Tm 6:16
k1:5 1Jn 2:5
l1:6 2Co 8:4
m1:6 Pr 2:13; Is 9:2; 50:10; Jn 8:12; 12:35; 1Jn 2:11
o1:6 Jn 14:6; 2Co 11:10; 3Jn 3
p1:7 Eph 5:8–14; Col 1:12–14; Php 2:15; 1Th 5:5
q1:7 Heb 10:19; 12:24; 1Pt 1:2, 19; Rv 1:5
r1:8 Pr 20:9; Jr 2:35; Rm 3:9–23; Jms 3:2
s1:9 Ps 103:3; Jr 31:34; Mt 9:6; 26:28; Col 1:14; Jms 5:15
t1:10 Lk 8:21; Heb 4:12
u1:10 Jn 8:37
v2:1 Jn 14:26
w2:2 Rm 3:25; 2Co 5:21; Heb 2:17; 1Jn 4:10
x2:2 Mt 26:13; 28:19–20; Mk 14:9; Rm 1:8