1 John 1:7

Good News Translation

But if we live in the light—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.

Cross References

Psalm 104:2

you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent

Psalm 51:2

Wash away all my evil and make me clean from my sin!

Psalm 56:13

because you have rescued me from death and kept me from defeat. And so I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living.

Psalm 89:15

How happy are the people who worship you with songs, who live in the light of your kindness!

Psalm 97:11

Light shines on the righteous, and gladness on the good.

Isaiah 2:5

Now, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light which the Lord gives us!

Isaiah 33:24

No one who lives in our land will ever again complain of being sick, and all sins will be forgiven.

Isaiah 6:7

He touched my lips with the burning coal and said, “This has touched your lips, and now your guilt is gone, and your sins are forgiven.”

Amos 3:3

Do two people start traveling together without arranging to meet?

Zechariah 13:1

“When that time comes,” says the Lord Almighty, “a fountain will be opened to purify the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem from their sin and idolatry.

Matthew 6:12

Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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.

Romans 13:12

The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up weapons for fighting in the light.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you were like that. But you have been purified from sin; you have been dedicated to God; you have been put right with God by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 1:7

For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God,

Ephesians 5:8

You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light,

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

Hebrews 9:14

Since this is true, how much more is accomplished by the blood of Christ! Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will purify our consciences from useless rituals, so that we may serve the living God.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.

1 Peter 1:19

it was the costly sacrifice of Christ, who was like a lamb without defect or flaw.

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 1:5

Now the message that we have heard from his Son and announce is this: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him.

1 John 5:6

Jesus Christ is the one who came with the water of his baptism and the blood of his death. He came not only with the water, but with both the water and the blood. And the Spirit himself testifies that this is true, because the Spirit is truth.

1 John 5:8

the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and all three give the same testimony.

2 John 1:4

How happy I was to find that some of your children live in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

3 John 1:4

Nothing makes me happier than to hear that my children live in the truth.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins

Revelation 12:11

They won the victory over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the truth which they proclaimed; and they were willing to give up their lives and die.

Revelation 7:14

“I don't know, sir. You do,” I answered. He said to me, “These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.