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and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And we are writing these things so that our<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts your">a</a></sup></span> joy may be complete.</p> <p class="heading">Walking in the Light</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Some manuscripts <i>your</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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