1 John 1:7
and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light — we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8if we may say — 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;
Cross References
Psalms 89:15O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
Psalms 104:2Covering himself [with] light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
Amos 3:3Do two walk together if they have not met?
John 1:29on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;
John 12:35Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;
1 Corinthians 6:11And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in 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 →