1 John 1:6 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

if we may say -- `we have fellowship with Him,` and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;

English ASV

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

English Amplified

[So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

[So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Do you say that you share in the life that God gives? If you say that, but if you still live in the dark, you are telling a lie. You are not living in God's true way.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So if we say that we share in life with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars, who don't follow the truth.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.

English God's Word - GW 1995

If we say, "We have a relationship with God" and yet live in the dark, we're lying. We aren't being truthful.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If we say, "We have fellowship with Him," and walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not do the truth;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If we say, "We have fellowship with him," while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Suppose we say that we share life with God but still walk in the darkness. Then we are lying. We are not living by the truth.

English NIV

If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

If we claim that we share life with him, but keep walking in the realm of darkness, we’re fooling ourselves and not living the truth.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So if we say we are his friends but go on living in spiritual darkness and sin, we are lying.

English Tyndale 1537

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

1 John 1:6 — Compare Translations