1 John 1:5,7

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1 John 1:5 The Message (MSG)

This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there’s not a trace of darkness in him.

1 John 1:6-7 The Message (MSG)

If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.

1 John 1:5 King James Version (KJV)

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:7 King James Version (KJV)

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 New Century Version (NCV)

Here is the message we have heard from Christ and now announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:7 New Century Version (NCV)

But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin.

1 John 1:5 American Standard Version (ASV)

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:7 American Standard Version (ASV)

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 New International Version (NIV)

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:7 New International Version (NIV)

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 New King James Version (NKJV)

This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

I John 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV)

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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].

1 John 1:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)

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].

1 John 1:5 New Living Translation (NLT)

This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.

1 John 1:7 New Living Translation (NLT)

But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 The Passion Translation (TPT)

This is the life-giving message we heard him share and it’s still ringing in our ears. We now repeat his words to you: God is pure light. You will never find even a trace of darkness in him.

1 John 1:7 The Passion Translation (TPT)

But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:5 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:7 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.