[FONT="]This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.[/FONT][FONT="] [/FONT][FONT="]If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.[1 John 1:5-10]
[/FONT][FONT="]In this passage, John is expressing, not that we are in sinless perfection, but that we do not practice sin, live in a continual state of sin, as we did per-conversion.
the one who practices sin is of the devil;[1 John 3:8a]
This confirms what John was espousing.
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