1 John 1:5

And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym & declare vnto you, that God is lyght, & in hym is no darkenesse at all.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And this write we vnto you, that your ioy may be full,

6If we saye that we haue felowship with hym, and walke in darkenesse, we lye, and do not the trueth.

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Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:2-5

First John Though the continued tradition of the church attests that this epistle came from John the apostle, yet we may observe some other evidence that will confirm (or with some perhaps even outweigh) the certainty of that tradition. It should seem that the penman was one of the apostolical college by the sensible palpable assurance he had of the truth of the Mediator's person in his human nature: That which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,… Read the whole commentary →

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