1 John 1 - ESV & NRSV

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to… 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. 1 John 1:5	This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. sin God light
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	If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true. sin honesty truth

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7	But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. purification sacrifice community
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9	If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. sin purification evil