Walking in the Light

^5 (A)This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that ^(B)God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ^6 (C)If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and ^(D)do not practice the truth. ⁷ But ^(E)if we walk in the light, ^(F)as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(G)the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

²⁹ If you know that ^(A)he is righteous, you may be sure that ^(B)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

³ And everyone who ^(A)thus hopes in him ^(B)purifies himself as he is pure.

⁴ Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; ^(C)sin is lawlessness. ⁵ You know that ^(D)he appeared in order to ^(E)take away sins, and ^(F)in him there is no sin. ⁶ No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; ^(G)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. ⁷ Little children, ^(H)let no one deceive you. ^(I)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. ^8 (J)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was ^(K)to destroy the works of the devil. ^9 (L)No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's^[a] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. ¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(M)nor is the one who ^(N)does not love his brother.

¹⁸ We know that ^(A)everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but ^(B)he who was born of God ^(C)protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.