Study it in the app“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.”
butδὲifἐὰνwe walkπεριπατῶμενinἐνthe light,τῷ φωτὶasὡςheαὐτόςisἐστινinἐνthe light,τῷ φωτίwe haveἔχομενfellowshipκοινωνίανwithμετ’one another,ἀλλήλωνandκαὶthe bloodτὸ αἷμαof JesusἸησοῦhis Sonτοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦcleansesκαθαρίζειusἡμᾶςfromἀπὸallπάσηςsin.ἁμαρτίας
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatōmen” appearsGod's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōti” appearsbe present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estin” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appearsfellowship
Having something in common, a life joined together.
Where else “koinōnian” appearsone another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlōn” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haima” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsSon
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huiou” appearspurify
To cleanse the heart from sin.
Where else “katharizei” appearssin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appearsMany manuscripts read “of Jesus the Messiah his Son.”
6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not do the truth;
7 · This verse (above)
8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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?
