1 John 1:6-7 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:In this verse, the apostle made the application of his remarks in the verse preceding. Smith identified the false teachers refuted by this as "the Nicolaitans who held to the heresy of antinomianism."[28] John did not honor their heresy nor the names of any of its advocates with any identification whatever. Plummer thought that the heresy in view was that of the "Carpocratian Gnostics, who taught... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:7

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 sinIf we walk in the light ... When the light from God, as revealed in Christ Jesus and the preaching of the apostles, is entered and walked in by the Christians, "Walking in the light shows up their sins and frailties, revealing the need for constant cleansing."[32]Roberts pointed out that John's teaching here "implies that only the sinless can have... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:6

1 John 1:6. 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 consciousness of his favour, which can be experienced by none but those who lead a holy life. We cannot have communion with God, unless we resemble himin purity, holiness, and all moral perfection. Holiness is through grace preserved and increased by the habitual practice of it, and by devotion.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:7

1 John 1:7. But if we walk in the light, &c.— "But if, on the other hand, we walk in the light of holiness, as he himself is ever in the light of it, and surrounded with it as his brightest glory, we have then communion with him, and withone another in him; and though we are indeed conscious to ourselves of many past offences, for which so holy a God might for ever banish us from his presence, and of many remaining imperfections which might discourage our approaches to him, we have this... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

6. say—profess. have fellowship with him— (1 John 1:3). The essence of the Christian life. walk—in inward and outward action, whithersoever we turn ourselves [BENGEL]. in darkness—Greek, "in the darkness"; opposed to "the light" (compare 1 John 2:8; 1 John 2:11). lie— (1 John 2:11- :). do not—in practice, whatever we say. the truth— (Ephesians 4:21; John 3:21). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:7

7. Compare Ephesians 5:8; Ephesians 5:11-14. "WE WALK"; "God is (essentially in His very nature as 'the light,' 1 John 1:5) in the light." WALKING in the light, the element in which God Himself is, constitutes the test of fellowship with Him. Christ, like us, walked in the light (1 John 2:6). ALFORD notices, Walking in the light as He is in the light, is no mere imitation of God, but an identity in the essential element of our daily walk with the essential element of God's eternal being. we... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:5-11

II. LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD 1:5-2:11"Since the apostle’s expressed concern is that his readers might have fellowship with the apostolic circle and thus also with the Father and the Son (1 John 1:3), it is reasonable to specify what this fellowship is really like. So, as an introductory section to his epistle, John discusses the nature of true fellowship with God" [Note: Idem, The Epistles . . ., p. 57.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:6

John may have used the "If we claim" phrase in 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 1:10 to voice the teaching of false teachers."It is probable that these claims were real statements made by people in the church to which John was writing, and that they reflect the outlook of the people who were causing trouble in the church." [Note: Marshall, p. 110. Cf. Barker, p. 310.] "John is concerned to alert his readers to approaches to human wrong and wrongdoing that are-or are not-commensurate with God’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:7

Walking in the light means walking in the sphere that the light prescribes. The idea is more where we walk than how we walk. Had John said "according to" the light rather than "in" the light, he would have been requiring sinless perfection for fellowship with God. We must be open and responsive to the light that we have, which increases as we grow in our knowledge of God’s will."How do we do this? If I enter a lighted room and walk around in it, I am walking in the light; I am moving in a... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 John 1:6

1:6 say (e-3) In all these cases the verb is in the subjunctive, and puts the case of so doing. I should have translated them 'if we should say,' &c., but that it is the case in ver. 9 also, where it cannot be done. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:7

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:5-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:7

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 John 1:6

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