1 John 1:6

If 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

5And 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.

7But if our halakhah is in the Ohr as He is in the Ohr, we have hitkhabrut (joining, adhesion, fellowship) with one another and the dahm of Yehoshua, HaBen of Hashem, + 1:7 See Isa 4:2 gives us tohorah (cleansing) from kol chet. + 1:7 Isa 2:5

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Cross References

Psalms 82:5They know not, neither will they understand; 1 they walk on in choshech; 1 all the foundations of ha'aretz are shaken. 1

Proverbs 2:13Who leaving the orkhot yosher (paths of uprightness), 1 walk in the drakhei choshech (ways of darkness); 1

Matthew 7:22Many + 7:22 messianic darshanim will say to me + 7:22 Moshiach on that Day, + 7:22 the Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgment Adoneinu, Adoneinu, did we not speak as neviim in your Name? Did we not cast out shedim (evil spirits, demons) in your Name? Did we not accomplish many niflaot (miracles) in your Name?

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 11:10But if the derech of anyone is a derech baLailah, he stumbles because the Ohr is not in him.

John 12:46I have come as an Ohr (Light) into the Olam Hazeh that everyone believing in me may not remain in the choshech (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 →

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