1 John 1:6
If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:
Bible in Basic English
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 have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.
Proverbs 2:13Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
Matthew 7:22A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
John 8:12Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
John 11:10But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.
John 12:46I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.
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 →