1 John 1:7 (WEB)
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Catechism · 1
“A trusting humility brings us back into the light of communion between the Father and his Son Jesus Christ and with one another, so that "we receive from him whatever we ask."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Jn 3:22; cf. 1:7- 2:2.
Fathers and councils · 9
Jerome
“1 John i. 7.” — the author cites it
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John Damascene
“Moreover the precept, which teaches this, is law, that we, holding by it, may walk in light: and the transgression of this precept is sin, and this continues to exist on account of the assault of the devil and our unconstrained and voluntary reception of it.” — editor's note: 1 St. John i. 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
““If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 7.
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Leo the Great
“Let him not resist too the witness of the blessed Apostle John, who says: “and the blood of Jesus the Son of God cleanseth us from all sin.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 7.
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Tertullian
“Nay, but this whole world is the one house of all; in which world it is more the heathen, who is found in darkness, whom the grace of God enlightens, than the Christian, who is already in God’s light.” — editor's note: Comp. 1 John i. 5–7; ii. 8; also Rom. xiii. 12, 13; 1 Thess. v. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment“It is said: “The blood of His Son purifieth us utterly from every sin.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 7 ad fin.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Contemplate the glories that are there; let the murderer die outside with his blasphemies; and if you be a Joseph of Arimathæa, beg the Body from him that crucified Him, make thine own that which cleanses the world.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 7.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Si autem in luce ambulamus, sicut et ipse est in luce, societatem habemus cum ipso, et sanguis Jesu filii ejus emundat nos a peccato.”” — editor's note: Num. xxv. 8; 1 John i. 6, 7.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Catechism §2631.
Cited together in Catechism §2631.
Cited together in Catechism §2631.
Cited together in Catechism §2631.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.22.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.22.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.22.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.22.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.22.