1 John 1:5

And this is the promise which we have heard from him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and that darkness in him there is none.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 write we unto you, that your joy may be complete.

6If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and practise not the truth:

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Cross References

John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 8:12Then spake Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:35Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going.

1 Timothy 6:16who alone possesseth immortality, inhabiting light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and glory eternal. 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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