1 JOHN 1:5 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all — the theological axiom equates God with light (phōs) and denies any admixture of darkness (skotos). The message (apaggellian) from Jesus and proclaimed by John constitutes the entire epistle's foundation. The absolute negation (ouk estin . . . oudemia skotos) permits no moral or ontological dualism.
Church Fathers on 1 John 1:5
“And this is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you.” 1 John 1:5 What is this? Those same have seen, have handled with their hands, the Word of life: He “was from the beginning,” and for a time was made visible and palpable, the Only-begotten Son of God. For what thing did He come, or what new thing did He tell us? What was it His will to teach? Wherefore did He this which He did, that the Word should be made flesh, that “God over all things” should…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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