1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 82:5They know not, nor do they understand. They walk to and fro in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Proverbs 2:13who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
Matthew 7:22Many 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?
John 8:12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows me would, no, not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.
John 11:10But if any man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
John 12:46I have come a light into the world, so that every man who believes in me may not remain in the darkness.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:6-8
The Apostolic Testimony. ( a. d. 80.) 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. 6 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. The apostle, having declared the truth and dignity of the author of the gospel, brings a message… Read the whole commentary →