1 John 1:5

And this is the Besuras HaGeulah which we have heard from Him and which we proclaim to you, that Hashem is Ohr (Light), and in Him choshech there is not any at all.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 these things we + 1:4 Shlichim write, that the simcha of us may be made shleimah.

6If we make the claim that we have deveykus with Him and in the choshech walk, we speak sheker and have no halakhah in the Derech Emes.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:1(Of Dovid) 1 whom shall I fear? 1 Hashem is the ma'oz (stronghold) of my life; 1 of whom shall I be afraid? 1

Psalms 84:11For a yom in Thy khatzrot is better 1 than a thousand. 1 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the Beis Elohai, 1 than to dwell in the ohalim resha (tents of wickedness). 1

John 1:4In him was Chayyim (Life) and the Chayyim (Life) was the Ohr (Light) of Bnei Adam. + 1:4 Ps 36:9 [10]

John 8:12Then again he spoke to them, saying, Ani Hu HaOhr HaOlam Hazeh. The one following me will never walk in choshech, but will have the Ohr HaChayyim. + 8:12 Isa 9:1; 42:8; 49:6; 60:1,3; Prov 4:18

John 12:35Therefore, he said to them, Yet a little time is the Ohr among you. Walk while you have the Ohr lest choshech overtake you; the one walking in the choshech does not have da'as of where he is going.

1 Timothy 6:16To the One who is alone haAlmavet (Immortal), dwelling in Ohr unapproachable, whom no man among Bnei Adam saw, neither is able to see, lo hakavod v'hagevurah l'olam va'ed. Omein.

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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