What is man, that he can be clean? Or he that is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
1 John 1:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If we say (claim) we have not sinned, we contradict His Word and make Him out to be false and a liar, and His Word is not in us [the divine message of the Gospel is not in our hearts]. American Standard Version (1901) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Common English Bible If we claim, “We have never sinned,” we make him a liar and his word is not in us. Catholic Public Domain Version If we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. |
What is man, that he can be clean? Or he that is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
If it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and show that there is nothing in what I say?”
you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne to his Son.