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1 John 1:6-7 - Compare All Versions

1 John 1:6 NIV (New International Version)

If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

1 John 1:7 NIV (New International Version)

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

1 John 1:6 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:7 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:6 NLT (New Living Translation)

So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.

1 John 1:7 NLT (New Living Translation)

But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:6 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

If we say, “We have fellowship  with him,” and yet we walk in darkness,  we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

1 John 1:7 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

If we walk in the light  as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus  his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:6 KJV (King James Version)

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth

1 John 1:7 KJV (King James Version)

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 1:6 NKJV (New King James Version)

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

I John 1:7 NKJV (New King James Version)

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:6-7 MSG (The Message)

If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.

1 John 1:6-7 MSG (The Message)

If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.

1 John 1:6 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth

1 John 1:7 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:6 AMP (Amplified Bible)

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth

1 John 1:7 AMP (Amplified Bible)

but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].

1 John 1:6 NET (New English Translation)

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

1 John 1:7 NET (New English Translation)

But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.