Robertson Word Pictures - 1 John 1:6

Robertson Word Pictures - 1 John 1:6 - 1:6

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 John 1:6 - 1:6

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1:2 - 1:2
1:3 - 1:3
1:4 - 1:4
1:5 - 1:5
1:6 - 1:6
1:7 - 1:7
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1:9 - 1:9
1:10 - 1:10

If we say (ean eipōmen). Condition of third class with ean and second aorist (ingressive, up and say) active subjunctive. Claiming fellowship with God (see 1Jo 1:3) involves walking in the light with God (1Jo 1:5) and not in the darkness (skotos here, but skotia in Joh 1:5). See 1Jo 2:11 also for en tēi skotiāi peripateō.

We lie (pseudometha). Present middle indicative, plain Greek and plain English like that about the devil in Joh 8:44.

Do not the truth (ou poioumen tēn alētheian). Negative statement of the positive pseudometha as in Joh 8:44. See Joh 3:21 for “doing the truth,” like Neh 9:33.