1 John 1:7

“, &c.] Are persons enlightened by the Spirit of God, so as to have a true sight and sense of sin, to know Christ, on and increasing in spiritual light and knowledge; walk on in Christ, the light, by faith, and in the light and truth of the Gospel, and as becomes it, marvellous light: as he is in the light itself, is in it, and dwells in it. This “as” denotes not equality, but likeness: when this is the case, then it is a clear point, that ; not with the saints, with the apostles, and other Christians, but with God: “we have mutual communion”, as the read, “with him”, as in (<620106> requires; and agreeably to this the Ethiopic version renders it, “and we are appear to be like him, and…”

“Compare Eph 5:8, Eph 5:11-14. "WE WALK"; "God is (essentially in His very nature as 'the light,' Jo1 1:5) in the light." WALKING in the light, the element in which God Himself is, constitutes the test of fellowship with Him. Christ, like us, walked in the light (Jo1 2:6). ALFORD notices, Walking in the light as He is in the light, is no mere imitation of God, but an identity in the essential element of our daily walk with the essential element of God's eternal being. we have fellowship one with another--and of course with God (to be understood from Jo1 1:6). Without having fellowship with God there can be no true and Christian fellowship one with another (compare Jo1 1:3). and--as the result…”

“But if we walk in the light - Compare the notes at 1 John 1:5. Walking in the light may include the three following things: Leading lives of holiness and purity; that is, the Christian must be characteristically a holy man, a light in the world, by his example. (2)Walking in the truth; that is, embracing the truth in opposition to all error of paganism and infidelity, and having clear, spiritual views of truth, such as the unrenewed never have. See 2 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 2:9-15; Ephesians 1:18. (3)Enjoying the comforts of religion; that is, having the joy which religion is fitted to impart, and which it does impart to its true friends, Psalms 94:19; Isaiah 57:8; 2 Corinthians 1:3;…”

“But if we walk in the light - In all holiness. As God is (a deeper word than walk, and more worthy of God) in the light, then we may truly say, we have fellowship one with another - We who have seen, and you who have not seen, do alike enjoy that fellowship with God. The imitation of God being the only sure proof of our having fellowship with him. And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son - With the grace purchased thereby. Cleanseth us from all sin - Both original and actual, taking away all the guilt and all the power. 1 John 1:8”

“1:7 Believers have fellowship with each other and with God as they live in the light. People cannot say they commune with God and then refuse to have fellowship with God’s people. This was the case with the Gnostics. The apostles of Christ had known Jesus Christ as God-in-the-flesh and were continuing to have spiritual fellowship with him (1:3).”

“If we: Jo1 2:9, Jo1 2:10; Psa 56:13, Psa 89:15, Psa 97:11; Isa 2:5; Joh 12:35; Rom 13:12; Eph 5:8; Jo2 1:4; Jo3 1:4 as: Jo1 1:5; Psa 104:2; Ti1 6:16; Jam 1:17 we have: Jo1 1:3; Amo 3:3 and the: Jo1 2:1, Jo1 2:2, Jo1 5:6, Jo1 5:8; Zac 13:1; Joh 1:29; Co1 6:11; Eph 1:7; Heb 9:14; Pe1 1:19; Rev 1:5, Rev 7:14 1 John 1:8”