Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of 1 John
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:5 JFB -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:5 PNT -> Commentary on 1:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:5 TSK -> Commentary on 1:5 TSK -> Entry for 1:5 WEN -> Notes on 1:5 NTB -> Darkness; Fellowship; God (continued); Light; Word Of God TTT -> God; Light 1:5 - [In Context] This is the message he has given us to announce to you: God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:6 JFB -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:6 PNT -> Commentary on 1:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:6 TSK -> Commentary on 1:6 TSK -> Entry for 1:6 WEN -> Notes on 1:6 NTB -> Blindness; Confession; Darkness; Fellowship; Holiness; Hypocrisy; Wicked (People) TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Lying EBD -> Forgiveness of sin SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of SPG -> Devotional using 1:6 1:6 - [In Context] So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 1:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 1:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 1:7 JFB -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 1:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 1:7 PNT -> Commentary on 1:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 1:7 SRN -> Study Notes on 1:7 TSK -> Commentary on 1:7 TSK -> Entry for 1:7 WEN -> Notes on 1:7 NTB -> Ablution; Atonement; Blood; Cleanliness; Communion; Darkness; Fellowship; Holiness; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Light; Righteous; Sin; Walking; Wicked (People) TTT -> Atonement, The; Blindness, Spiritual; Communion of Saints; Pardon; Purifications or Baptisms; Sin EBD -> Dwell; Forgiveness of sin SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of UTM -> Devotional using 1:7 SPG -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 TV -> Devotional using 1:7 1:7 - [In Context] But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ is, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from every sin.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.