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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/1_john/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/1_john/1.htm">New International Version</a> 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 sin. <a href="/nlt/1_john/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/esv/1_john/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/1_john/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/blb/1_john/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if we should 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. <a href="/kjv/1_john/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_john/1.htm">New King James Version</a> But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/nasb_/1_john/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/nasb/1_john/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/nasb77/1_john/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> but if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/lsb/1_john/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/amp/1_john/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations]. <a href="/csb/1_john/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/hcsb/1_john/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/asv/1_john/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. <a href="/cev/1_john/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away. <a href="/erv/1_john/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. <a href="/gwt/1_john/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But if we live in the light in the same way that God is in the light, we have a relationship with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from every sin. <a href="/gnt/1_john/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> But if we live in the light--just as he is in the light--then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin. <a href="/isv/1_john/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> But if we keep living in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/msb/1_john/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/net/1_john/1.htm">NET Bible</a> But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/nheb/1_john/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/1_john/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/1_john/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But if we live 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. <a href="/web/1_john/1.htm">World English Bible</a> But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, cleanses us from all sin. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_john/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and if we may walk in the light, as He is in the light—we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of His Son Jesus Christ cleanses us from every sin; <a href="/blb/1_john/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if we should 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. <a href="/ylt/1_john/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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; <a href="/slt/1_john/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from every sin.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_john/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. <a href="/cpdv/1_john/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/nabre/1_john/1.htm">New American Bible</a> But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of his Son Jesus cleanses us from all sin. <a href="/nrsvce/1_john/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_john/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But if we live 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. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_john/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But if we walk in The Light as he is in The Light, we have communion with each other and the blood of Yeshua his Son purges us from all of our sins.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_john/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> 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 cleanses us from all sin.<CM> <a href="/godbey/1_john/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/haweis/1_john/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> but if we walk in the light, as he is himself in the light, we have communion with each other, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. <a href="/mace/1_john/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have society one with another, and the blood of his son Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. <a href="/wey/1_john/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But if we live 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. <a href="/worrell/1_john/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/worsley/1_john/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. <a href="/parallel/1_john/1-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rlZ5ywDtQGE?start=66" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_john/1.htm">Walking in the Light</a> …6If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/4043.htm" title="4043: peripatōmen (V-PSA-1P) -- From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.">we walk</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5457.htm" title="5457: phōti (N-DNS) -- Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness.">light</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autos (PPro-NM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">He</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5457.htm" title="5457: phōti (N-DNS) -- Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness.">light,</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echomen (V-PIA-1P) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">we have</a> <a href="/greek/2842.htm" title="2842: koinōnian (N-AFS) -- From koinonos; partnership, i.e. participation, or intercourse, or benefaction.">fellowship</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: met’ (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/240.htm" title="240: allēlōn (RecPro-GMP) -- One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another.">one another,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haima (N-NNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">blood</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-GMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">of Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: Huiou (N-GMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">Son</a> <a href="/greek/2511.htm" title="2511: katharizei (V-PIA-3S) -- To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse.">cleanses</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmas (PPro-A1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">us</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasēs (Adj-GFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">all</a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartias (N-GFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sin.</a> 8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7-9</a> He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. / He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. / The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. <a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8-11</a> For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, / for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. / Test and prove what pleases the Lord. ... <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a> But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. <a href="/colossians/1-12.htm">Colossians 1:12-14</a> giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. / He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, / in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. <a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Revelation 7:14</a> “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? <a href="/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a> So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. <a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12</a> The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. <a href="/matthew/5-14.htm">Matthew 5:14-16</a> You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. / Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. / In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. <a href="/isaiah/2-5.htm">Isaiah 2:5</a> Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. <a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a> Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. <a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm">Proverbs 4:18</a> The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. <a href="/isaiah/60-1.htm">Isaiah 60:1-3</a> Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. / For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. / Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. <a href="/micah/7-8.htm">Micah 7:8</a> Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 cleans us from all sin.If we.<a href="/1_john/2-9.htm">1 John 2:9,10</a> He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now… <a href="/psalms/56-13.htm">Psalm 56:13</a> For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?<a href="/psalms/89-15.htm">Psalm 89:15</a> Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.as.<a href="/1_john/1-5.htm">1 John 1:5</a> 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.<a href="/psalms/104-2.htm">Psalm 104:2</a> Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:<a href="/1_timothy/6-16.htm">1 Timothy 6:16</a> Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.we have.<a href="/1_john/1-3.htm">1 John 1:3</a> That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.<a href="/amos/3-3.htm">Amos 3:3</a> Can two walk together, except they be agreed?and the.<a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">1 John 2:1,2</a> My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: … <a href="/1_john/5-6.htm">1 John 5:6,8</a> This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth… <a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a> In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/1_john/1-3.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/james/4-8.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">Cleanses</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm">Cleanseth</a> <a href="/1_john/1-6.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/1_john/1-5.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/1_john/1-5.htm">Light</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">Purifies</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">United</a> <a href="/1_john/1-6.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/1_john/1-6.htm">Walking</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_john/5-6.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">Cleanses</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-11.htm">Cleanseth</a> <a href="/2_john/1-11.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/1_john/2-1.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/1_john/2-8.htm">Light</a> <a href="/1_john/2-23.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/1_john/3-3.htm">Purifies</a> <a href="/1_john/1-8.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">United</a> <a href="/1_john/2-6.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/1_john/2-11.htm">Walking</a><div class="vheading2">1 John 1</div>1. <a href="/1_john/1-1.htm">He describes the person of Christ, in whom we have eternal life, by a communion with God;</a> 5. <a href="/1_john/1-5.htm">to which we must adjoin by walking in the light.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_john/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_john/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But if we walk in the light Walking in the light implies living in truth, righteousness, and holiness. Biblically, light often symbolizes purity and divine truth (<a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>). The concept of walking suggests a continuous, active lifestyle, not a one-time event. In the cultural context of the early church, walking in the light would contrast with the darkness of sin and ignorance prevalent in the pagan world. This phrase calls believers to live in a manner consistent with God's character.as He is in the light God is the ultimate source of light, representing His perfect holiness and truth (1 <a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a>). This phrase emphasizes the standard of divine purity and truth that believers are called to emulate. It reflects the nature of God as revealed in the Old Testament, where light is associated with God's presence and guidance (<a href="/psalms/27.htm">Psalm 27:1</a>). The call to be in the light as God is in the light underscores the transformative power of a relationship with Him.we have fellowship with one another Fellowship, or "koinonia" in Greek, denotes a deep, spiritual communion among believers. This fellowship is rooted in shared faith and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. In the early church, fellowship was a vital aspect of community life, involving shared meals, prayers, and mutual support (<a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42</a>). This phrase highlights the unity and love that should characterize the body of Christ, transcending social and cultural barriers.and the blood of Jesus His Son The blood of Jesus is central to Christian theology, symbolizing His sacrificial death and atonement for sin. In the Old Testament, blood sacrifices were required for the forgiveness of sins (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). Jesus' blood fulfills and surpasses these sacrifices, offering a once-for-all atonement (<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-14</a>). This phrase underscores the significance of Christ's sacrifice as the foundation for cleansing and redemption.cleanses us from all sin Cleansing from sin is a core promise of the New Covenant, prophesied in the Old Testament (<a href="/jeremiah/31-34.htm">Jeremiah 31:34</a>). This cleansing is both a legal declaration of righteousness and an ongoing process of sanctification. The phrase assures believers of complete forgiveness and the transformative power of Christ's work. It connects to the broader biblical narrative of redemption and restoration, emphasizing the sufficiency of Jesus' sacrifice for all sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/john_the_apostle.htm">John the Apostle</a> The author of 1 John, one of Jesus' original twelve disciples, known for his close relationship with Christ and his emphasis on love and truth. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> Central figure of Christianity, whose sacrificial death and resurrection provide the means for cleansing from sin. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_early_church.htm">The Early Church</a> The community of believers to whom John was writing, facing challenges of false teachings and needing encouragement in their faith. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_light.htm">The Light</a> A metaphor for God's holiness, truth, and purity, representing the divine nature and moral perfection. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fellowship.htm">Fellowship</a> The spiritual unity and shared life among believers, rooted in their common relationship with God through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/w/walking_in_the_light.htm">Walking in the Light</a> Walking in the light involves living in accordance with God's truth and holiness. It requires a daily commitment to follow Christ's example and teachings. <a href="/topical/f/fellowship_with_believers.htm">Fellowship with Believers</a> True fellowship among Christians is rooted in shared faith and obedience to God. It is strengthened by mutual encouragement, accountability, and love. <a href="/topical/t/the_cleansing_power_of_christ's_blood.htm">The Cleansing Power of Christ's Blood</a> The blood of Jesus is the means by which believers are cleansed from sin. This cleansing is both a one-time event at salvation and an ongoing process of sanctification. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_confession_and_repentance.htm">The Importance of Confession and Repentance</a> Walking in the light includes acknowledging our sins and turning from them. Confession and repentance are vital for maintaining fellowship with God and others. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_witnesses_of_the_light.htm">Living as Witnesses of the Light</a> As followers of Christ, believers are called to reflect His light in a dark world. This involves living out the gospel in word and deed, pointing others to Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_john_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 John 1</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_centrism_or_a_centrist.htm">How does one achieve spiritual purification according to scripture?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_achieve_spiritual_purity_biblically.htm">How does one achieve spiritual purification according to scripture?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_lev_16_29-31_align_with_jesus'_sacrifice.htm">How does Leviticus 16:29–31 align with later New Testament teachings that suggest Jesus’ sacrifice replaces the need for repeated atonement rituals? </a> <a href="/q/should_christians_seek_daily_forgiveness.htm">Must Christians seek daily forgiveness for their sins?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_john/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - The contrary hypothesis is now stated, and the thought is carried a stage further (cf. verse 9). He again speaks conditionally ἐάν, and does so until <a href="/1_john/2-3.htm">1 John 2:3</a>; after which the participial substantive ὁ λέγων ὀ ἀαπῶν ὁ μισῶν represents the conditional clause. The change of verbs is significant: we walk, God is, in the light. We move through time; he is in eternity. Our activity involves change; his does not. Like the sun, he both is Light and dwells in the light; and if we walk in the light, which is his atmosphere, we have fellowship one with another. Darkness is an unsocial condition, and this the light expels. From verse 6 we might have expected, "we have fellowship with him;" and some inferior authorities read μετ αὐτοῦ. But St. John's repetitions are not mere repetitions: the thought is always recur or reset to carry us a step further (cf. verses 3, 4). Having fellowship with one another is a sure result of that fellowship with God which is involved in walking in the light. "Here is a reply to those who would restrain Catholic communion to their own sect" (Wordsworth). Another result of walking in the light is that the blood of Jesus (his sacrificial death) cleanses us day by day continually (present tense) from our frequent sins of frailty. This cleansing is not the same as forgiveness of sins (verse 9). The latter is the case of ὁ λελουμένος, the man that is bathed (<a href="/john/13-10.htm">John 13:10</a>); the former is the frequent washing of the feet (cf. <a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Revelation 7:14</a>; <a href="/revelation/22-14.htm">Revelation 22:14</a>). The expression, the blood of Jesus, in Christian theology, "is dogma with pathos.... It implies, as no other word could do, the reality (1) of the human body of Jesus, (2) of his sufferings, (3) of his sacrifice." . . . <a href="/commentaries/1_john/1-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. if ἐὰν (ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. we walk περιπατῶμεν (peripatōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4043.htm">Strong's 4043: </a> From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. light φωτὶ (phōti) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5457.htm">Strong's 5457: </a> Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. He αὐτός (autos) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. light, φωτί (phōti) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5457.htm">Strong's 5457: </a> Light, a source of light, radiance. From an obsolete phao; luminousness. we have ἔχομεν (echomen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. fellowship κοινωνίαν (koinōnian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2842.htm">Strong's 2842: </a> From koinonos; partnership, i.e. participation, or intercourse, or benefaction. with μετ’ (met’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. one another, ἀλλήλων (allēlōn) Personal / Reciprocal Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_240.htm">Strong's 240: </a> One another, each other. Genitive plural from allos reduplicated; one another. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the τὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. blood αἷμα (haima) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. of Jesus Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Son Υἱοῦ (Huiou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. cleanses καθαρίζει (katharizei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2511.htm">Strong's 2511: </a> To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse. us ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. all πάσης (pasēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. sin. ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">NT Letters: 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_john/1-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 John 1:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 John 1:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_john/1-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 John 1:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 John 1:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>