If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;What is meant by walking in darkness? I always kind of thought that it meant to still be walking in sin. However, the later verses in this chapter seem to indicate that sin will always be with us to some extent, so that must not be it.
My best guess is that it means to be false believers, where we claim to be saved when we know we're not, and live like we're not. In some ways this is a relief to me, as I've always wondered if this was a verse that supports one being able to lose one's salvation. However, reading it in context indicates that that is not the case, but instead that we will always fight sin but never be conquered by it, if we truly asked Christ to save us.
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