⁵And 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. ⁶If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.^a ⁷But 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. ⁸If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our^* sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Keeping the New Commandment

2My little children, I am writing these things to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one, ²and he^a is the propitiation^b for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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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

aOr “we are lying and are not practicing the truth”
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
aOr “he himself” (emphatic)
bOr “expiation”; or “atoning sacrifice”