1 John 1:5 Parallel Translations

This is the message we heard from Christ and are reporting to you: God is light, and there isn't any darkness in him.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

This is the Message which we have heard from the Lord Jesus and now deliver to you--God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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.

YLT:

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

1 John 1:5 Cross References

XREF:

John 1:19 This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

1 Timothy 6:16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

James 1:17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

1 John 3:11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:5 {3} 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.
(3) Now he enters into a question, by which we may understand that we are joined together with Christ, that is, if we are governed with his light, which is perceived by the ordering of our life. And thus he reasons, God is in himself most pure light, therefore he agrees well with them who are of the light, but with them that are of the darkness he has no fellowship.

PNT:

1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him. The message heard from Christ, now declared, is that
God is light. The source whence all light, whether it be physical, or moral, or spiritual, comes; the Enlightener of the universe. The term denotes luminous clearness, the free and benevolent source from whence flow light, intelligence, purity and blessing, absolutely free from alien intermixture, since
in him there is no darkness at all. Light represents truth, knowledge and holiness. Darkness represents ignorance, error, falsehood and sin.

WES:

1:5 And this is the sum of the message which we have heard of him - The Son of God. That God is light - The light of wisdom, love, holiness, glory. What light is to the natural eye, that God is to the spiritual eye. And in him is no darkness at all - No contrary principle. He is pure, unmixed light.

MHC:

1:5-10 A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is the nature of God, his doctrines and precepts must be such. And as his perfect happiness cannot be separated from his perfect holiness, so our happiness will be in proportion to our being made holy. To walk in darkness, is to live and act against religion. God holds no heavenly fellowship or intercourse with unholy souls. There is no truth in their profession; their practice shows its folly and falsehood. The eternal Life, the eternal Son, put on flesh and blood, and died to wash us from our sins in his own blood, and procures for us the sacred influences by which sin is to be subdued more and more, till it is quite done away. While the necessity of a holy walk is insisted upon, as the effect and evidence of the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, the opposite error of self-righteous pride is guarded against with equal care. All who walk near to God, in holiness and righteousness, are sensible that their best days and duties are mixed with sin. God has given testimony to the sinfulness of the world, by providing a sufficient, effectual Sacrifice for sin, needed in all ages; and the sinfulness of believers themselves is shown, by requiring them continually to confess their sins, and to apply by faith to the blood of that Sacrifice. Let us plead guilty before God, be humble, and willing to know the worst of our case. Let us honestly confess all our sins in their full extent, relying wholly on his mercy and truth through the righteousness of Christ, for a free and full forgiveness, and our deliverance from the power and practice of sin.

CONC:

Announce Dark Darkness Declare Deliver Message Nothing Proclaim

Announce Dark Darkness Declare Deliver Heard Jesus Light Message Proclaim Word

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