1 John 1:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

New Living Translation
If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

NASB 1995
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

NASB 1977
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Amplified Bible
If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]

Christian Standard Bible
If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If we say, "We have no sin," we are deceiving 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.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If we say, "We aren't sinful" we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

International Standard Version
If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.

NET Bible
If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

King James 2000 Bible
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

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

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

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

A Faithful Version
If we say that we do not have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Yf we saye that we haue no synne, we disceaue oure selues, and the trueth is not in vs.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Yf we saye that we have no synne we deceave oure selves and trueth is not in vs.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
if we may say, “We have no sin,” we lead ourselves astray, and the truth is not in us;

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

Young's Literal Translation
if we may say -- 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

Smith's Literal Translation
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Literal Emphasis Translation
If we should say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
If we claim that we have no sin, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if we shall say we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Godbey New Testament
But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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

Mace New Testament
If we say that we are without sin, we deceive ourselves, and have no regard to truth.

Weymouth New Testament
If we claim to be already free from sin, we lead ourselves astray and the truth has no place in our hearts.

Worrell New Testament
If we say, "We have no sin," we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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
















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