1 John 1:6

American Standard Version (1901)

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
  • 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
  • John 3:19-21 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • Ps 5:4-6 : 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee. 5 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
  • Prov 2:13 : 13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
  • Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?
  • Jas 2:16 : 16 and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?
  • Jas 2:18 : 18 Yea, a man will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart from [thy] works, and I by my works will show thee [my] faith.
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
  • Matt 7:22 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
  • John 8:44-45 : 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth 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 thereof. 45 But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
  • John 11:10 : 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

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    7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 1 John 1:1-5
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    1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

    2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

    3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

    5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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    3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

    4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

    6he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

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    8Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

    9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

    11But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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    10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

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    19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

    21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

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    8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

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    5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

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    35Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

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    6And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

    7For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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    11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

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    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

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    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

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    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

    19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

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    21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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    5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

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    23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

    36If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

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    2for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:

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    14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

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    8We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth.

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    14Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

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    9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

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    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

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    12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: