A certain condition characterizes the believers. When they walk in the light, two results follow. The first is the possession of fellowship one with another. In verse 3 John has already mentioned the fellowship of the readers of his epistle with the first witnesses to the gospel and of their fellowship with the Father and the Son. The false claim of fellowship with God by those who walk in the darkness is discounted (v. 6). Now in verse 7 the true path to
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