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1 John 1:5–2:11

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Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

5This is the message we have heardk from him and declare to you: God is light;l in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,m we lie and do not live out the truth.n 7But if we walk in the light,o as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from allb sin.p

8If we claim to be without sin,q we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.r 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sinss and purify us from all unrighteousness.t 10If we claim we have not sinned,u we make him out to be a liarv and his word is not in us.w

2My dear children,x I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocatey with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,z and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.a

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

3We knowb that we have come to know himc if we keep his commands.d 4Whoever says, “I know him,”e but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.f 5But if anyone obeys his word,g love for Goda is truly made complete in them.h This is how we knowi we are in him: 6Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.j

7Dear friends,k I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.l This old command is the message you have heard. 8Yet I am writing you a new command;m its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passingn and the true lighto is already shining.p

9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sisterbq is still in the darkness.r 10Anyone who loves their brother and sisterc lives in the light,s and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.t 11But anyone who hates a brother or sisteru is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.v They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.w

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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

  1. bOr every
  2. aOr word, God’s love
  3. bThe Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
  4. cThe Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.

Cross references

  1. k1 Jn 3:11
  2. l1 Ti 6:16
  3. mJn 3:19–21; 8:12; 2 Co 6:14; Eph 5:8; 1 Jn 2:11
  4. nJn 3:19–21; 1 Jn 2:4; 4:20
  5. oIsa 2:5
  6. pHeb 9:14; Rev 1:5; 7:14
  7. qPr 20:9; Jer 2:35; Ro 3:9–19; Jas 3:2
  8. rJn 8:44; 1 Jn 2:4
  9. sPs 32:5; 51:2; Pr 28:13
  10. tver 7; Mic 7:18–20; Heb 10:22
  11. uver 8
  12. v1 Jn 5:10
  13. wJn 5:38; 1 Jn 2:14
  14. xver 12, 13, 28; 1 Jn 3:7, 18; 4:4; 5:21; See 1 Th 2:11
  15. ySee Ro 8:34; 1 Ti 2:5
  16. zRo 3:25; 1 Jn 4:10
  17. aSee Mt 1:21; See Jn 3:17
  18. bver 5; 1 Jn 3:24; 4:13; 5:2
  19. cSee ver 4
  20. dSee Jn 14:15
  21. ever 3; Tit 1:16; 1 Jn 3:6; 4:7, 8
  22. f1 Jn 1:6, 8
  23. gSee Jn 14:15
  24. h1 Jn 4:12
  25. iSee ver 3
  26. jSee Mt 11:29
  27. kSee 1 Co 10:14
  28. lver 24; 1 Jn 3:11, 23; 4:21; 2 Jn 5, 6
  29. mSee Jn 13:34
  30. nRo 13:12; Heb 10:25
  31. oJn 1:9
  32. pEph 5:8; 1 Th 5:5
  33. qver 11; Lev 19:17; 1 Jn 3:10, 15, 16; 4:20, 21
  34. r1 Jn 1:5
  35. s1 Jn 3:14
  36. tver 11; Ps 119:165
  37. uSee ver 9
  38. vSee 1 Jn 1:6
  39. wJn 11:9; 12:35

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