Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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;

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.

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 And this is the message which we have heard from him, and we announce to you, that God is light, and no darkness is in him. 6 If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we are deceived, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from every sin.


Cross References

1 John 4:20

If any say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he not loving his brother whom he has seen, God whom he has not seen, how can he love?

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

John 3:19-21

And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and men rather loved darkness than light, for their works were evil.

John 12:35

Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have light, lest darkness overtake you: and he walking in darkness knows not where he retires.

1 John 2:4

He saying, I have known him, and not keeping his commands, is a liar, and in him is not the truth.

Revelation 3:17-18

For thou sayest, That I am rich, and have abounded, and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked;

Psalm 5:4-6

For thou not a God delighting in injustice: and evil shall not dwell with thee.

Psalm 82:5

They will not know, they will not Understand: they will go about in darkness: all the foundations of the earth will be moved.

Psalm 94:20

Shall the throne of mischief be joined together with thee forming labor upon the law?

Proverbs 2:13

Those forsaking the paths of straightness to go in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 4:18-19

The path of the just as the light shining, going and shining even to the day prepared.

Matthew 7:22

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have we cast out evil spirits, and in thy name done many powers?

John 8:12

Again therefore Jesus spake to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he following me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 8:44-45

Ye are of your father the devil, and the eager desires of your father will ye do. He was slaying men from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he would speak a lie, he speaks of his own things; for he is a liar, and the father of him.

John 11:10

But if any walk in the night, he stumbles, for light is not in him.

John 12:46

I have come a light into the world, that every one believing in me should not remain in darkness.

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Be not unequally yoked together with the unbelieving: for what participation to justice and iniquity and what communion to light with darkness?

1 Timothy 4:2

In the hypocrisy of speaking falsely; burned with a hot iron in their own consciousness;

James 2:14

And what profit, my brethren, if any say he has faith, and should not have works? can faith save him?

James 2:16

And any of you say to them, Retire in peace, be ye warmed and be ye fed; and ye give them not things fitting the body; what profit?

James 2:18

But certain will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith from my works.

1 John 1:3

What we have seen and heard we announce to you, that ye also might have communion with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:9-11

He saying he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

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