1 John 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

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  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
  • Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark. 10 He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.
  • Ps 89:15 : 15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.
  • Isa 2:5 : 5 O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
  • Ps 56:13 : 13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
  • 1 John 5:6 : 6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.
  • 1 John 5:8 : 8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.
  • 2 John 1:4 : 4 It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
  • 3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
  • Amos 3:3 : 3 Is it possible for two to go walking together, if not by agreement?
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:
  • 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one: 2 He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

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