1 John 1:6

Webster's Bible (1833)

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

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  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
  • 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
  • John 3:19-21 : 19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
  • Ps 5:4-6 : 4 For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you. 5 The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity. 6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors 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 like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion has light with darkness? 15 What agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what portion has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you 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 will be my people."
  • Jas 2:14 : 14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
  • Jas 2:16 : 16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
  • Jas 2:18 : 18 Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
  • 1 John 2:9-9 : 9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him. 11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, 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 who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
  • Matt 7:22 : 22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?
  • John 8:44-45 : 44 You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
  • John 11:10 : 10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."

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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses 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 the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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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 saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

    2(and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

    3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

    4And we write these things to you, that our joy may be fulfilled.

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

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    3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

    4One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

    5But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most assuredly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

    6he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

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

    9He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

    10He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

    11But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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    10But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."

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

    20For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

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    8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

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    5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.

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    35Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.

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    6This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

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    11Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
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    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

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    18My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

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    21I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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    5You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,

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    23But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    6We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

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    35Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

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    2for the truth's sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:

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    14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

  • 3 John 1:8
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    8We therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

  • 2 Cor 6:14
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    21Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

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    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.