1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise the truth.
Darby Translation
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, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.
Proverbs 2:13[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Matthew 7:22Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through *thy* name, and through *thy* name cast out demons, and through *thy* name done many works of power?
John 8:12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 11:10but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
John 12:46I am come into the world [as] light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in 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 →