1 John 1:6,8,10

waldo slusher waldoslusher at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 11 23:20:53 EDT 2002


The following quote was taken from an article I came
across on the Internet. Can anyone tell me if the
words supplied in the [brackets] are legitimate.

The passage under consideration is 1 John 1:6ff:

Quote...
Although the heretics believed they lived in a perfect
state because they possessed a “gnosis through
mystical communion with God,” they were actually
living a life of sin. Kubo believes the author’s
statement in 1:6 addresses this heretical claim when
it says, “If we say that we have fellowship with him
and yet walk in the darkness, we lie.” Kubo sees 1:8
and 10 as also addressing the heretics, and in
parallel construction with v. 6. He says verses 8 and
10 should be qualified by saying, “If we say that we
have no sin [and walk in darkness], we are deceiving
ourselves (1:8)” and “If we say that we have not
sinned [and walk in darkness], we make him a liar
End Quote...

Verses 8 and 10 should be "qualified" by carrying
forward the words from vs. 6 to verses 8 and 10.

I must admit I like this, but simply do not have the
background to accept or refute. Please help.

Waldo Slusher
Calgary, AL
(where we still have snow)


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