1 John 1:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐὰν δὲ ἐν τῷ φωτὶ περιπατῶμεν, ὡς αὐτός ἐστιν ἐν τῷ φωτί, κοινωνίαν ἔχομεν μετʼ ἀλλήλων, καὶ τὸ αἷμα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καθαρίζει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας.

Transliteration

If de in the phōti we peripatōmen, as he estin in the phōti, koinōnian we echomen with allēlōn, and the haima of Iēsou Christou the Huiou of him katharizei us from all hamartias.

Grammar Details

*de*: postpositive particle - but/and/moreover [connecting with contrast]
*phōti*: dative, neuter, singular - light [locative use]
*peripatōmen*: present subjunctive, 1st plural, active - we might walk/conduct ourselves [potential ongoing action]
*estin*: present, 3rd singular - is [ongoing state]
*koinōnian*: accusative, feminine, singular - fellowship/communion
*echomen*: present, 1st plural, active - we have/possess [ongoing state]
*allēlōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - one another/each other
*haima*: nominative, neuter, singular - blood
*Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Jesus
*Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Christ/Anointed One
*Huiou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Son
*katharizei*: present, 3rd singular, active - cleanses/purifies [ongoing action]
*hamartias*: genitive, feminine, singular - sin

Word Meanings

*de*: but/and/moreover/yet [contrasting]
*phōti*: light/illumination/radiance/truth
*peripatōmen*: walk/conduct ourselves/live/behave
*estin*: is/exists/remains
*koinōnian*: fellowship/communion/participation/partnership/sharing
*echomen*: have/possess/hold/maintain
*allēlōn*: one another/each other/mutually
*haima*: blood/bloodshed/life
*Iēsou*: Jesus [personal name]
*Christou*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
*Huiou*: Son/descendant/offspring
*katharizei*: cleanses/purifies/makes clean
*hamartias*: sin/wrongdoing/error/failure

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Referenced Verses

Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent , the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
1 John 2:9-9 : 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.
Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1 Pet 1:19 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 John 1:3 : 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.
1 John 1:5 : 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.
Ps 89:15 : 15 Blessed is the people that know{H8802)} the joyful sound: they shall walk{H8762)}, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Isa 2:5 : 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
John 12:35 : 35 Then 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.
Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk{H8692)} before God in the light of the living?
John 1:29 : 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1 John 5:6 : 6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
1 John 5:8 : 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
3 John 1:4 : 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Amos 3:3 : 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Ps 104:2 : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
1 John 2:1-2 : 1 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.

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