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1 John 1:6-2:11
New International Version
1 John 1:6-2:11
New International Version
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,(A) we lie and do not live out the truth.(B) 7 But if we walk in the light,(C) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.(D)
8 If we claim to be without sin,(E) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(F) 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(G) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(H) 10 If we claim we have not sinned,(I) we make him out to be a liar(J) and his word is not in us.(K)
2 My dear children,(L) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(M) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(N) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(O)
Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers
3 We know(P) that we have come to know him(Q) if we keep his commands.(R) 4 Whoever says, “I know him,”(S) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(T) 5 But if anyone obeys his word,(U) love for God[b] is truly made complete in them.(V) This is how we know(W) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(X)
7 Dear friends,(Y) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(Z) This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command;(AA) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(AB) and the true light(AC) is already shining.(AD)
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[c](AE) is still in the darkness.(AF) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[d] lives in the light,(AG) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(AH) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(AI) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(AJ) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(AK)
Footnotes
- 1 John 1:7 Or every
- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
- 1 John 2:9 The 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.
- 1 John 2:10 The 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.
1 John 1:6-2:11
King James Version
1 John 1:6-2:11
King James Version
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.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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