English Standard Version. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:6. 6If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie anddo not practice the truth.

5 Here is the message we have heard from Christ and now announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 So if we say we have fellowship ...

7 Butif we walk in the light,as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, andthe blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

This verse says that those who claim Christ, but show no signs of a changed life, are lying. This is typically interpreted as a reference to false converts.

English Standard Version If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. American Standard Version

1 John 1:6 ESV ... If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ESV: English Standard Version 2016.

1 John 1:6 - If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.