1 John 1:6-7

New International Version

⁶If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,^(A) we lie and do not live out the truth.^(B) ⁷But if we walk in the light,^(C) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^[a] sin.^(D)

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1 John 1:6-7

New American Standard Bible

⁶^(A)If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we ^(B)lie and ^(C)do not practice the truth; ⁷but if we ^(D)walk in the Light as ^(E)He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(F)the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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1 John 1:6-7

English Standard Version

⁶^(A)If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and ^(B)do not practice the truth. ⁷But ^(C)if we walk in the light, ^(D)as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(E)the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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1 John 1:6-7

New King James Version

⁶^(A)If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ⁷But if we ^(B)walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(C)the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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1 John 1:6-7

The Message

^6-7If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.

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