1 John 1:5

Now this is the message that we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and there is no darkness at all in Him.

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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

4Yes, we write these things to you so that our joy may be fulfilled.

6If we claim that we have fellowship with Him while walking in the darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.

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Cross References

John 1:4In Him was life, and the Life was the Light of mankind.

John 8:12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: “I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk around in the darkness, but will have the light of the Life.”

John 12:35Then Jesus said to them: “The Light will be with you just a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you; the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

1 Timothy 6:16who alone has immortality, residing in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see; to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.

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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