1 John 1:8
Good News Translation
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

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

Contemporary English Version
If we say we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts.

New American Bible
If we say, “We are without sin,” we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

say.

1 John 1:6,10 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. . . .

1 John 3:5,6 And you know that he appeared to take away our sins: and in him there is no sin. . . .

1 Kings 8:46 But if they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry, deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies, far or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36 And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Job 9:2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified, compared with God.

Job 14:4 Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed? is it not thou who only art?

Job 15:14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

Job 25:4 Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?

Psalm 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

Ecclesiastes 7:20 For there is no just man upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 64:6 And we are all become as one unclean, and all our justices as the rag of a menstruous woman: and we have all fallen as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Jeremiah 2:22,23 Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God. . . .

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and do need the glory of God.

James 3:2 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.

we deceive.

1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Galatians 6:3 For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall grow worse and worse: erring, and driving into error,

James 1:22,26 But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. . . .

2 Peter 2:13 Receiving the reward of their injustice, counting for a pleasure the delights of a day: stains and spots, sporting themselves to excess, rioting in their feasts with you:

the truth.

1 John 2:4 He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar: and the truth is not in him.

1 Timothy 6:5 Conflicts of men corrupted in mind and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.

2 John 1:2 For the sake of the truth which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever.

3 John 1:3 I was exceedingly glad when the brethren came and gave testimony to the truth in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

Context
Walking in the Light
7But if we walk in the light, as he also is in the light, we have fellowship one with another: And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.…
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46
But if they sin against thee, (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry, deliver them up to their enemies, so that they be led away captives into the land of their enemies, far or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36
And if they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them up to their enemies, and they lead them away captive to a land either afar off, or near at hand,

Job 15:14
What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?

Proverbs 20:9
Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?

Jeremiah 2:35
And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgment, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.

John 8:44
You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Romans 3:10
As it is written: There is not any man just.

James 3:2
For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.

1 John 2:4
He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar: and the truth is not in him.

1 John 4:20
If any man say: I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother whom he seeth, how can he love God whom he seeth not?

2 John 1:2
For the sake of the truth which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever.

1 John 1:7
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