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1 John 1:8

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¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If {G1437} we say {G2036} that {G3754} we have {G2192} no {G3756} sin {G266}, we deceive {G4105} ourselves {G1438}, and {G2532} the truth {G225} is {G2076} not {G3756} in {G1722} us {G2254}.

If we claim not to have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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Cross-References

  • Romans 3:23 (44 votes)

    For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

  • James 3:2 (39 votes)

    For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:20 (38 votes)

    For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  • Isaiah 53:6 (30 votes)

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  • 1 John 2:4 (26 votes)

    He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

  • Job 15:14 (22 votes)

    What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  • Proverbs 20:9 (22 votes)

    ¶ Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?