1 John 1:5

And this is the telling, that we heard of him, and tell to you, that God is light, and there be no darknesses in him. (And this is the tiding, or the message, that we heard from him, and tell to you, that God is light, and there is no darkness in him.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 we write this thing to you, that ye have joy, and that your joy be full. (And we write this to you, so that ye have joy, and that your joy be complete.)

6If we say, that we have fellowship with him, and we wander in darknesses (or and we walk in the darkness), we lie, and do not (have the) truth.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:1The holy prayer of David. The Lord is my lightening, and mine health; whom shall I dread? The Lord is defender of my life; for whom shall I tremble? [or for whom shall I quake?] ( A holy prayer by David. The Lord is my light, and my salvation, or my deliverance; who shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life; for who else shall I tremble, or shake over?)

Psalms 84:11For God loveth mercy and truth; the Lord shall give grace and glory. He shall not deprive them from goods, that go in innocence; (For God loveth mercy and faithfulness; and the Lord giveth favour and glory. He will not hold back any good thing, from those who go in innocence or from those who do what is right.)

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

John 8:12Therefore again Jesus spake to them, and said, I am the light of the world; he that (pur)sueth me, walketh not in (the) darknesses, (or he who followeth me, walketh not in the darkness), but shall have the light of life.

John 12:35And then Jesus saith to them, Yet a little light is in you; walk ye, the while ye have light, that (the) darkness (es) catch you not; he that wandereth in (the) darknesses, knoweth not whither he goeth. (And then Jesus said to them, Yet a little light is in you, or There is but a little light left to you; walk ye, the while ye have the light, so that the darkness catch you not; he who walketh, or who goeth, in the darkness, knoweth not where he goeth.)

1 Timothy 6:16Which alone hath undeadliness [or immortality], and dwelleth in light, to which light no man may come; whom no man saw, neither may see (or nor can see); to whom glory, and honour, and empire be without end, [or to whom (be) glory, and honour, and empire into without end]. 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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