7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
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For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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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