1 John 1:5-2:6
Walking in the Light
5 aThis is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that bGod is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 aIf we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and bdo not practice the truth. 7 But aif we walk in the light, bas he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and cthe blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 aIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and bthe truth is not in us. 9 aIf we confess our sins, he is bfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and cto cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, awe make him a liar, and bhis word is not in us.
Christ Our Advocate
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, awe have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 aHe is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but balso for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we akeep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments ais a liar, and athe truth is not in him, 5 but whoever akeeps his word, in him truly bthe love of God is perfected. cBy this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he aabides in him bought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
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