Devine Scripture

1 John 1:5

1 John chapter 1 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.4and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

v.5This passage

v.6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 8:12

    Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:23

    For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;

  • John 9:5

    When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • Psalms 27:1

    Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

  • John 1:9

    There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

  • Psalms 36:9

    For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.