1 John 1:5-10 (Paraphase by Lee Sommitz)
5 Thus inspired by God, we write this letter. God is perfectly pure Light. There is no darkness in His Being. 6 If anyone tells you that they have fellowship with God but refuse to walk next to Him in His light, they are liars who speak about, but don’t practice truth. 7 Everyone who walks hand in hand with Him in His light is not only in genuine fellowship with Him, but is getting cleansed from all manner f sin by His blood. 8 If anyone tells you that they don’t have any sin to be cleansed from, they have deceived themselves and lost touch with truth. 9 Everyone who is in agreement with what God says about sin will benefit from His absolute pardon and continue being cleansed from sin as long as they continue agreeing with Him. God is just in conferring that benefit and will never fail to do so. 10 If a person tells you that they have not sinned, they are calling God a liar. These are people whodo not take Him or His word seriously.
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