1 John 1:6

⁴ And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

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.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
KJV: If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
WEB: If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and don’t tell the truth.
ASV: If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
DARBY: If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.
BLB: If we should say that we have fellowship with Him and should walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

ÅB: Dersom vi sier at vi har samfunn med ham, og vandrer i mørket, da lyver vi og gjør ikke sannheten;
OTB: Hvis vi sier at vi har fellesskap med ham og likevel vandrer i mørket, taler vi ikke sant og praktiserer ikke sannheten;
B1930: Dersom vi sier at vi har samfund med ham, og vandrer i mørket, da lyver vi og gjør ikke sannheten;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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1 John 4:20
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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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John 3:19–21
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
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John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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Proverbs 4:18–19
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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Proverbs 2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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John 12:35
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.
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