1 John 1:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we are misleading ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which the Gospel presents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Common English Bible

⁸ If we claim, “We don’t have any sin,” we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ If we claim that we have no sin, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:8 Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“When they sin against You – for there is no one who does not sin – and You become enraged with them and give them to the enemy, and they take them captive to the land of the enemy, far or near;

2 Kings 20:15

And he said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Ḥ

2 Chronicles 6:36

“When they sin against You – for there is no one who does not sin – and You become enraged with them and give them to the enemy, and they take them captive to a land far or near,

Job 14:4

Who brings the clean out of the unclean? No one!

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? And one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

So how could man be righteous before Ě

Job 9:2

“Truly I know it is so. But how is man right with Elohim?

Psalm 143:2

And do not enter into right-ruling with Your servant, For before You no one living is in the right.

Proverbs 20:9

Who says, “I have cleansed my heart, I am purged of my sin”?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and does not sin.

Isaiah 53:6

We all, like sheep, went astray, each one of us has turned to his own way. And יהוה  has laid on Him the crookedness of us all.

Isaiah 64:6

And all of us have become as one unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as soiled rags. And all of us fade like a leaf, and our crookednesses, like the wind, have taken us away.

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘Because I am innocent, certainly His displeasure shall turn from me.’ See, I shall bring judgment on you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Leviticus 13:12

“And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy shall cover all the skin of the infected one, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks,

John 8:44

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Romans 3:10

As it has been written, “There is none righteous, no, not one!

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the esteem of Elohim,

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish, so that he might become wise.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks himself to be somebody, when he is not, he deceives himself.

1 Timothy 6:5

worthless disputes of men of corrupt minds and deprived of the truth, who think that reverence is a means of gain – withdraw from such.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and impostors shall go on to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

James 1:22

And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only,deceiving yourselves.

James 1:26

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is worthless.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many matters. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the entire body.

2 Peter 2:13

being about to receive the wages of unrighteousness, deeming indulgence in the day of pleasure, spots and blemishes, revelling in their own deceptions while they feast with you,

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and are not doing the truth.

1 John 2:4

The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love Elohim,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love Elohim whom he has not seen?

2 John 1:2

because of the truth which stays in us and shall be with us forever:

3 John 1:3

For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and witnessed of the truth in you, as you walk in the truth.