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that which we have seen and heard we report to you, that *ye* also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship [is] indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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And these things write we to you that your joy may be full.
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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.
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If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practise 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 Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [our] sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.