1 John 1:6

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Summary

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

If

Fellowship

1 John 1:3

2 Corinthians 6:14

We lie

Do not

John 3:21

Bible References

If

If we claim "We are already free from sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in our hearts.

Whoever says, "I know Him," but does not practice obedience to His commands is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;

If anyone says, "I love God," and yet habitually hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, was it not in your name that we prophesied, and in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many wonder-works?'

My brothers, what good is there in a man's saying that he has faith, if he has no good deeds to prove it? Such faith cannot save him, can it?

Because you say, 'I am rich, I have already become rich, I need nothing,' and you do not know that you are the very one that is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked;

Fellowship

I repeat, it is what we have seen and heard that we now announce to you, so that you too may share this fellowship with us, for this fellowship that we have is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ;

Stop forming intimate and inconsistent relations with unbelievers. What partnership can right-doing have with law-breaking, or how can light participate with darkness?

We lie

If we claim "We have not sinned," we are making Him a liar, and His message is not in our hearts.

If anyone says, "I love God," and yet habitually hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

through the pretensions of false teachers, men with seared consciences,

Do not

But whoever is in the habit of living the truth will come out in the daylight, that his actions may be shown to be performed with God's help."