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We are writing this so that our joy may be complete.(A)

II. God As Light

God Is Light. Now this is the message that we have heard from him and proclaim to you: God is light,[a] and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth.(B)

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  1. 1:5–7 Light is to be understood here as truth and goodness; darkness here is error and depravity (cf. Jn 3:19–21; 17:17; Eph 5:8). To walk in light or darkness is to live according to truth or error, not merely intellectual but moral as well. Fellowship with God and with one another consists in a life according to the truth as found in God and in Christ.

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