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. ³And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴The one who says “I have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.

Read in Logos

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.

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”