^{5 Ref} This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

^{6 Ref} If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

^{7 Ref} But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

^{8 Ref} If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

^{5 Ref} And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

^{6 Ref} If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

^{7 Ref} but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

^{8 Ref} If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

^{5 Ref} This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

^{6 Ref} If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

^{7 Ref} 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.

^{8 Ref} If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.