Parallel Verses

Amplified

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth;

New American Standard Bible

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

International Standard Version

If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

An Understandable Version

If we claim to share a relationship with God and yet live in darkness [i.e., in a sinful way], we are lying and are not living a truthful life.

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

Common New Testament

If we say we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth.

Daniel Mace New Testament

if we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lye, and do not act sincerely:

Darby Translation

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

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

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

Godbey New Testament

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

Goodspeed New Testament

If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we are deceived, and do not the truth:

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Moffatt New Testament

If we say, 'We have fellowship with him,' when we live and move in darkness, then we are lying, we are not practising the truth;

Montgomery New Testament

If we say, "We have partnership with Him," when we are passing our life in the darkness, we are lying and are not doing the truth.

NET Bible

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

If we say - We have, fellowship, with him! and, in darkness, are walking, we are dealing falsely, and not doing the truth;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

If we say that we have communion with him, and yet continue to live in the Darkness, we lie, and are not living the Truth.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth.

Williams New Testament

If we say "We have fellowship with Him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

World English Bible

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

Worrell New Testament

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and are walking in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;

Worsley New Testament

If we say that we have communion with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practise the truth:

Youngs Literal Translation

if we may say -- 'we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If
ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

we say
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

we have
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

κοινωνία 
Koinonia 
Usage: 20

with
μετά 
meta 
with, after, among, hereafter , afterward , against, not tr,
Usage: 346

him

Usage: 0

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

περιπατέω 
Peripateo 
walk, go, walk about, be occupied
Usage: 77

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

σκότος 
Skotos 
Usage: 23

we lie
ψεύδομαι 
Pseudomai 
Usage: 10

do
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 John 1:6

Devotionals containing 1 John 1:6

Images 1 John 1:6

Context Readings

God Is Light, So Walk In The Light

5 This is the message [of God’s promised revelation] which we have heard from Him and now announce to you, that God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness], and in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection]. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth; 7 but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].


Cross References

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned [refusing to admit acts of sin], we make Him [out to be] a liar [by contradicting Him] and His word is not in us.

John 3:19-21

This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

John 12:35

So Jesus said to them, “The Light is among you [only] a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness will not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going [he is drifting aimlessly].

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, “I have come to know Him,” but does not habitually keep [focused on His precepts and obey] His commandments (teachings), is a liar, and the truth [of the divine word] is not in him.

Revelation 3:17-18

Because you say, “I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need],

Psalm 5:4-6


For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil [person] dwells with You.

Psalm 82:5


The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

Psalm 94:20


Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

Proverbs 2:13


From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 4:18-19


But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

Matthew 7:22

Many will say to Me on that day [when I judge them], ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, and driven out demons in Your name, and done many miracles in Your name?’

John 8:12

Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

John 8:44-45

You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.

John 11:10

But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.”

John 12:46

I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me [as Savior—all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message] will not continue to live in darkness.

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers [do not make mismatched alliances with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

1 Timothy 4:2

[misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning],

James 2:14

What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]

James 2:16

and one of you says to them, “Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves,” but he does not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do?

James 2:18

But someone may say, “You [claim to] have faith and I have [good] works; show me your [alleged] faith without the works [if you can], and I will show you my faith by my works [that is, by what I do].”

1 John 1:3

what we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, so that you too may have fellowship [as partners] with us. And indeed our fellowship [which is a distinguishing mark of born-again believers] is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]

1 John 2:9-11

The one who says he is in the Light [in consistent fellowship with Christ] and yet habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in the darkness until now.

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