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And 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>We write this to make our <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts your">a</a></sup></span> joy complete.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness</p><p class="reg"><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 declare to you: God is light; in him there 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 claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out 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, purifies us from all <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or every">b</a></sup></span> sin.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If we claim to be without 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 and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_john/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some manuscripts <i>your</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>every</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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