What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
1 John 1:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 If we say that 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 should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?
Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgement with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him which is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him:
Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever: