5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
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If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.
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If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.