1 John 1:8

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

1 John 1:10

If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?

Job 15:14

What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Psalm 143:2

Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

James 1:26

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

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

Job 25:4

How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?

1 Kings 8:46

“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.

2 Chronicles 6:36

“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near,

2 John 1:2

because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

2 Timothy 3:13

while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Job 9:2

“Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?

3 John 1:3

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.

2 Peter 2:13

suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.

Jeremiah 2:35

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.’

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 3:10

as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Leviticus 13:12

And if the leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,

2 Kings 20:15

He said, “What have they seen in your house?” And Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”