Parallel Verses

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;

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.

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:

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 that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all; 6 if we may say -- 'we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth; 7 and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;


Cross References

1 John 4:20

if any one may say -- 'I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love?

1 John 1:10

if we may say -- 'we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

John 3:19-21

'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

John 12:35

Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

1 John 2:4

he who is saying, 'I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

Revelation 3:17-18

because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

Psalm 5:4-6

For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

Psalm 82:5

They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

Psalm 94:20

Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

Proverbs 2:13

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

Proverbs 4:18-19

And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

Matthew 7:22

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things?

John 8:12

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

John 8:44-45

Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

John 11:10

and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'

John 12:46

I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me -- in the darkness may not remain;

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Become not yoked with others -- unbelievers, for what partaking is there to righteousness and lawlessness?

1 Timothy 4:2

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

James 2:14

What is the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him?

James 2:16

and any one of you may say to them, 'Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what is the profit?

James 2:18

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

1 John 1:3

that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

1 John 1:8

if we may say -- 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

1 John 2:9-11

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

Jump To Previous

Word Concordance

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain