6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. …
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. …
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-7)The apostle, having declared the truth and dignity of the author of the gospel, brings a message or report from him, from which a just conclusion is to be drawn for the consideration and conviction of the professors of religion, or professed entertainers of this glorious gospel. I. Here is the message or report that the apostle avers to come from the Lord Jesus: This then is the message which we h…
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