Walking in the Light
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l This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that m God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
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n If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
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But if we o walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and p the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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If we q confess our sins, He is r faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to s cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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If we say that we have not sinned, we t make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
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Cross References
John 1:19
Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?
1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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1 Timothy 6:16
Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
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John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
1 John 2:9 - 11
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
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Isaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the LORD.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Proverbs 28:13
He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
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Romans 3:24 - 26
Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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Psalms 51:2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
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John 3:33
He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
1 John 5:10
He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.