1 John 1:4-6

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⁴We write this^(A) to make our^[a] joy complete.^(B)

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

⁵This is the message we have heard^(C) from him and declare to you: God is light;^(D) in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,^(E) we lie and do not live out the truth.^(F)

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1 John 1:4-6

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⁴We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

God’s light and our darkness

⁵This is the message which we have heard from him, and announce to you: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. ⁶If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the dark, we are telling lies, and not doing what is true.

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