⁵^lThis is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that ^mGod is light and in Him is no darkness at all. ⁶ⁿIf we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ⁷But if we ^owalk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^pthe blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

⁸If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we ^qconfess our sins, He is ^rfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and to ^scleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we ^tmake Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

2My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^awe have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ²And ^bHe Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ^calso for 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.

Cross references

l John 1:19; 1 John 3:11
m[1 Tim. 6:16]; James 1:17
n[John 8:12]; 2 Cor. 6:14; [1 John 2:9–11]
o Is. 2:5
p[1 Cor. 6:11]
q Ps. 32:5; Prov. 28:13
r[Rom. 3:24–26]
s Ps. 51:2
t John 3:33; 1 John 5:10
a Rom. 8:34; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 7:25; 9:24
b[Rom. 3:25]; Heb. 2:17; 1 John 4:10
c John 1:29