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Ifἐὰνwe sayεἴπωμενthatὅτιwe haveἔχομενfellowshipκοινωνίανwithμετ’himαὐτοῦandκαὶwalkπεριπατῶμενinἐνthe darkness,τῷ σκότειwe lieψευδόμεθαandκαὶdo notοὐdoποιοῦμενthe truth;τὴν ἀλήθειαν
1 John 1:6
Study it in the app“If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not do the truth;”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 1:6, word by word
- we sayεἴπωμενeipōmen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipōmen” appears- we haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- fellowshipκοινωνίανkoinōnian
fellowship
Having something in common, a life joined together.
Where else “koinōnian” appears- walkπεριπατῶμενperipatōmen
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatōmen” appears- the darknessσκότειskotei
darkness
Darkness.
Where else “skotei” appears- we lieψευδόμεθαpseudometha
lie
To lie.
Where else “pseudometha” appears- doποιοῦμενpoioumen
practice
To put into practice, like God's will.
Where else “poioumen” appears- the truthἀλήθειανalētheian
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheian” appears
The context
5And 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7but 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.
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?