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AndΚαὶthisαὕτηisἔστινthe messageἡ ἀγγελίαthatἣνwe have heardἀκηκόαμενfromἀπ’himαὐτοῦandκαὶannounceἀναγγέλλομενto you,ὑμῖνthatὅτιGodὁ θεὸςisἐστινlight,φῶςandκαὶinἐνhimαὐτῷthere isἔστινnoοὐκdarknessσκοτίαat all.οὐδεμία
1 John 1:5
Study it in the app“And this is the message that we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 1:5, word by word
- isἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the messageἀγγελίαangelia
message
Message, announcement.
Where else “angelia” appears- we have heardἀκηκόαμενakēkoamen
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akēkoamen” appears- announceἀναγγέλλομενanangellomen
announce, tell
Announce, tell, make something clearly known.
Where else “anangellomen” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- lightφῶςphōs
God's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōs” appears- darknessσκοτίαskotia
darkness
Living without God, far from his light.
Where else “skotia” appears
The context
4And we write these things so that our joy may be complete.
5 · This verse (above)
6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not do the truth;
To study 1 John 1 in a group
1. What it says
What do the writers say they have heard, seen, and touched, and why do they announce it (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
The text contrasts walking in the light and in darkness (v. 5-7). What does it say happens if we walk in the light?
3. How I live it
John speaks of acknowledging our sins (v. 8-9). What is hard or easy about being honest about them, without hiding?