5 And this is the message, which we have heard from him and we proclaim to you, that God is light and there is not any darkness in him. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie and are not practicing the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his son cleanses us from every sin. 8 If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:5-10 translated from the NA28 Greek text) Read verses 9-10 on the site.
The following definition for the word “esoteric” is from the New Oxford American Dictionary:
esoteric |ˌesəˈterik|
adjective
intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest : esoteric philosophical debates.
DERIVATIVES
esoterically |-(ə)lē| adverb
esotericism |-ˈterəˌsizəm| noun
esotericist |-ˈterəsist| noun
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Greek esōterikos, from esōterō, comparative of esō ‘within,’ from es, eis ‘into.’ Compare with exoteric.
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