1 John 1:7
but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
8But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Cross References
John 1:29On the following day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
John 12:35Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going.
1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but you have washed, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.
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 →