KJV King James Version
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
WEB World English Bible
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don’t tell the truth.
ASV American Standard Version
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
if we may say—‘we have fellowship with Him,’ and in the darkness may walk—we lie, and do not the truth;
Surrounding context — 1 John 1
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐὰνG1437 · eanifεἴπωμενG2036 · eiponto sayὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatκοινωνίανG2842 · koinōniaparticipationἔχομενG2192 · echōto have/beμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoσκότειG4655 · skotosdarknessπεριπατῶμεν,G4043 · peripateōto walkψευδόμεθαG5574 · pseudomaito lieκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐG3756 · ounoποιοῦμενG4160 · poieōto do/make: doτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀλήθειαν·G225 · alētheiatruth
Cross-references
1 John 4:20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.John 3:19-21And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.Proverbs 4:18-19But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.Proverbs 2:13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;1 John 1:10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.2 Corinthians 6:14-16Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.James 2:14What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?John 11:10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.Psalm 5:4-6For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.1 John 1:3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.Revelation 3:17-18Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:James 2:18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.1 John 2:9-11He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.John 8:44-45Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
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