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1 John 1:6

If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,m we lie and do not live out the truth.n

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1 John 1:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

1 John 1:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.

1 John 1:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

So if we say we have fellowship with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars and do not follow the truth.

1 John 1:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

1 John 1:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.

1 John 1:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

If we say, “We have a relationship with God” and yet live in the dark, we’re lying. We aren’t being truthful. 

1 John 1:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

1 John 1:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;

1 John 1:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Suppose we say that we share life with God but still walk in the darkness. Then we are lying. We are not living by the truth.

1 John 1:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;


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