1 John 1:6

Good News Translation

If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.

Cross References

Psalm 82:5

“How ignorant you are! How stupid! You are completely corrupt, and justice has disappeared from the world.

Psalm 94:20

You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,

Proverbs 2:13

those who have abandoned a righteous life to live in the darkness of sin,

Matthew 7:22

When the Judgment Day comes, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord! In your name we spoke God's message, by your name we drove out many demons and performed many miracles!’

John 11:10

But if they walk during the night they stumble, because they have no light.”

John 12:35

Jesus answered, “The light will be among you a little longer. Continue on your way while you have the light, so that the darkness will not come upon you; for the one who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

John 12:46

I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. “I am the light of the world,” he said. “Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness.”

John 8:55

You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word.

1 Timothy 4:2

Such teachings are spread by deceitful liars, whose consciences are dead, as if burnt with a hot iron.

James 2:14

My friends, what good is it for one of you to say that you have faith if your actions do not prove it? Can that faith save you?

James 2:16

What good is there in your saying to them, “God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!”—if you don't give them the necessities of life?

James 2:18

But someone will say, “One person has faith, another has actions.” My answer is, “Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions.”

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.

1 John 1:3

What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

1 John 2:4

If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.