1 John 1:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.(A)
II. God As Light
God Is Light. 5 Now this is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light,[a] and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth.(B)
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- 1:5–7 Light is to be understood here as truth and goodness; darkness here is error and depravity (cf. Jn 3:19–21; 17:17; Eph 5:8). To walk in light or darkness is to live according to truth or error, not merely intellectual but moral as well. Fellowship with God and with one another consists in a life according to the truth as found in God and in Christ.
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