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. ^8 (H)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^(I)the truth is not in us. ^9 (J)If we confess our sins, he is ^(K)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^(L)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say we have not sinned, ^(M)we make him a liar, and ^(N)his word is not in us.

²⁰ But you have been ^(A)anointed by ^(B)the Holy One, and ^(C)you all have knowledge.^{[a] 21} I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. ²² Who is the liar but ^(D)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ^(E)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. ^23 (F)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ Let ^(G)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^(H)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise that he made to us^[b]—^(I)eternal life.

The Prayer of Faith

¹³ Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him ^(A)sing praise. ¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, ^(B)anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And ^(C)if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Therefore, ^(D)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, ^(E)that you may be healed. ^(F)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.^[a]