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We write this to you so that we may be full of joy.[a]

Here is the message we have heard from God and now tell to you: God is light,[b] and in him there is no darkness at all. So if we say that we have fellowship with God, but we continue living in darkness, then we are liars. We do not follow the truth.

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  1. 1:4 so . . . joy Some Greek copies read “so that you may be full of joy.”
  2. 1:5 light This word is used to show what God is like. It means goodness or truth.

We write this(A) to make our[a] joy complete.(B)

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

This is the message we have heard(C) from him and declare to you: God is light;(D) in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,(E) we lie and do not live out the truth.(F)

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  1. 1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your