Parallel Verses
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;
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
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:
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;
Themes
Blindness » Those that walk in darkness
spiritual Blindness » Is consistent with communion with God
Confession » The reward for confessing sin
Darkness » Those that walk in darkness
Fellowship » Those that say they have fellowship with the lord, but are disobedient
Interlinear
Koinonia
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 John 1:6
Devotionals containing 1 John 1:6
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 1:6
Prayers for 1 John 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Light, So Walk In The Light
5 Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.' 6 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; 7 but if we live and move within the light, as he is within the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.
Names
Cross References
1 John 4:20
If anyone declares, 'I love God,' and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who will not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot possibly love the God whom he has never seen.
1 John 1:10
if we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar and his word is not within us.
John 3:19-21
And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;
John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
1 John 2:4
He who says, 'I know him,' but does not obey his commands, is a liar and the truth is not in him;
Revelation 3:17-18
You declare, 'I am rich, I am well off, I lack nothing!' ??not knowing you are a miserable creature, pitiful, poor, blind, naked.
Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?'
John 8:12
Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."
John 8:44-45
You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires; he was a slayer of men from the very beginning, and he has no place in the truth because there is no truth in him: when he tells a lie, he is expressing his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 11:10
but if one walks during the night he does stumble, for the light is not in him."
John 12:46
I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
[Keep out of all incongruous ties with unbelievers. What have righteousness and iniquity in common, or how can light associate with darkness?
1 Timothy 4:2
through plausible sophists who are seared in conscience ??3 men who prohibit marriage and insist on abstinence from foods which God created for believing men, who understand the Truth, to partake of with thanksgiving.
James 2:14
My brothers, what is the use of anyone declaring he has faith, if he has no deeds to show? Can his faith save him?
James 2:16
if any of you says to them, "Depart in peace! Get warm, get food," without supplying their bodily needs, what use is that?
James 2:18
Someone will object, 'And you claim to have faith!' Yes, and I claim to have deeds as well; you show me your faith without any deeds, and I will show you by my deeds what faith is!
1 John 1:8
If we say, 'We are not guilty,' we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us;
1 John 2:9-11
He who says he is 'in the light' and hates his brother, is in darkness still.