1 John 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 John 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we say that we have fellowship uith him - If we reckon ourselves among his friends, or, in other words, if we profess to be like him: for a profession of religion involves the idea of having f...
1 John 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:2 . Fellowship with God Requires a Right View of Sin. 1 John 1:5-10 . Spiritual fellowship depends on moral affinity. Hence since Jesus has declared the holy perfection...
1 John 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

If . App-118. truth . See p. 1511 and App-175.
1 John 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 If we say It is, indeed, an argument from what is inconsistent, when he concludes that they are alienated from God, who walk in darkness. This doctrine, however, depends on a higher princi...
1 John 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2431 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CONFORMED TO GOD’S IMAGE 1 John 1:5-7 . This then is the message which me have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no dar...
1 John 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: If we say that we have fellowship - Having fellowship, κοινωνια, communion, with God, necessarily impli...
1 John 1:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If we say that we have fellowship with him,— By communion with God, St. John means a holy exercise of the Divine presence, walking by faith in the light of his countenance, and an abiding conscio...
1 John 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: Have fellowship with him ( 1 John 1:3 ) - the essence of the Christian life. Walk in inward...
1 John 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fellowship with God in Light 1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1-3 . In 1 John 1:1 a sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2 , is continued in 1 John 1...
1 John 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[2. First Half. God is Light ( 1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28 ). (1) STATEMENT OF THE LEADING THOUGHT ( 1 John 1:5 ). (2) FIRST INFERENCE: The true fellowship ( 1 John 1:6-7 ); the Christian must...
1 John 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fellowship in the Light 1 John 1:1-10 As the aged Apostle began to write he was living over again his first happy experiences with the Savior. He heard the voice, saw the person, touched the ve...
1 John 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is possibly the last apostolic message to the whole Church. It is complementary to the Gospel of John. Its subject is fellowship with God, into which believers are introduced through their union...
1 John 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. (6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, w...
1 John 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If we say that we have fellowship with him ,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "for if we say": that is, if any profess to be partakers of the divine nature, to be like unto God, and to have communion...
1 John 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: Ver. 6. If we say that, &c. ] As they do that profess to know God, but in works do deny him, T...
1 John 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This then is the message That is, one part of it; which we have heard of him The Son of God; that God is light The light of truth, wisdom, holiness, glory. What light is to the natural eye, tha...
1 John 1:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Perso...
1 John 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostolic Testimony. A. D. 80. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, an...
1 John 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Light and darkness are frequently put for holiness and wickedness, Luke 16:8 Romans 13:12 Ephesians 5:8 1 Thessalonians 5:5 . The sum then is: That if any pretend to friendship with God, or...
1 John 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.' Here he makes that position crystal clear. Because God is light no darkness can survive in His pr...
1 John 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 1:5 .—The first part of the epistle begins here. It is directed against the Gnostic teaching, that to a man of enlightenment all conduct is morally indifferen...
1 John 1:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 1:1-6 The Ground of Christian Ethics. I. St. John begins with speaking of that which he saw, and heard, and handled. Those who read his letter could have no doubt that he was referring to...
1 John 1:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 1:1 . That which was from the beginning which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; You know who that...
1 John 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:1 . That which was from the beginning. We have before observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. L'ETRE Su...
1 John 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 1:1-62 1. THE INTRODUCTION . It declares the writer's authority, based on personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to which this Epistle forms...
1 John 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Walking in the light, cleansed by Christ's blood:
1 John 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:10 ; 1 John 1:3 ; 1 John 1:8 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 2:9-11 ; 1 John 4:20 ; 1 Timothy 4:2 ; 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 ; James 2:14 ; James 2:16 ; James 2:18 ; John 11:10 ; John 12:35...
1 John 1:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Christ Chapter 1 John 1:2-10 ; 1 John 2:1-2 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter o...
1 John 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If we say — Either with our tongue, or in our heart, if we endeavour to persuade either ourselves or others. We have fellowship with him, while we walk, either inwardly or outwardly, in darkness —...

1 John 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 1:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 1:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes