1 John 1:5-2:11

New American Standard Bible

God Is Light

^5 (A)This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that ^(B)God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. ^6 (C)If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we ^(D)lie and ^(E)do not practice the truth; ⁷ but if we ^(F)walk in the Light as ^(G)He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(H)the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. ^8 (I)If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the ^(J)truth is not in us. ^9 (K)If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and ^(L)cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ^10 (M)If we say that we have not sinned, we ^(N)make Him a liar and ^(O)His word is not in us.

Christ Is Our Advocate

2 ^(P)My little children, I am ^(Q)writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(R)we have an ^[a](S)Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; ² and He Himself is ^(T)the ^[b]propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also ^(U)for the sins of the whole world.

^3 (V)By this we know that we have come to ^(W)know Him, if we ^(X)keep His commandments. ⁴ The one who says, “^(Y)I have come to ^(Z)know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a ^(AA)liar, and ^(AB)the truth is not in him; ⁵ but whoever ^(AC)follows His word, in him the ^(AD)love of God has truly been perfected. ^(AE)By this we know that we are in Him: ⁶ the one who says that he ^(AF)remains in Him ^(AG)ought, himself also, walk just as He walked.

^7 (AH)Beloved, I am ^(AI)not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^(AJ)from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. ^8 [c]On the other hand, I am writing ^(AK)a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ^(AL)the darkness is passing away and ^(AM)the true Light is already shining. ⁹ The one who says that he is in the Light and yet ^(AN)hates his ^(AO)brother or sister is in the darkness until now. ^10 (AP)The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling. ¹¹ But the one who ^(AQ)hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and ^(AR)walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ^(AS)blinded his eyes.