1 John 1:6-8

1599 Geneva Bible

Footnotes

1. 1 John 1:7 God is said to be light of his own nature, and to be in light, that is to say, in that everlasting infinite blessedness: and we are said to walk in light, in that the beams of that light do shine unto us in the world.
2. 1 John 1:7 A digression or going from the matter he is in with, to the remission of sins: for this our sanctification which walk in the light, is a testimony of our joining and knitting together, with Christ: but because this our light is very dark, we must needs obtain another benefit in Christ, to wit, that our sins may be forgiven us being sprinkled with his blood: and this in conclusion is the prop and stay of our salvation.
3. 1 John 1:8 There is none but needeth this benefit, because there is none that is not a sinner.
4. 1 John 1:8 This place doth fully refute that perfectness, and works of supererogation which the Papists dream of.
5. 1 John 1:8 So then John speaketh not thus for modesty’s sake, as some say, but because it is so indeed.