1 John 1:8

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“When your people sin against you—and there is no one who does not sin—and in your anger you let their enemies defeat them and take them as prisoners to some other land, even if that land is far away,

2 Kings 20:15

“What did they see in the palace?” “They saw everything. There is nothing in the storerooms that I didn't show them.”

2 Chronicles 6:36

“When your people sin against you—and there is no one who does not sin—and in your anger you let their enemies defeat them and take them as prisoners to some other land, even if that land is far away,

Job 14:4

Nothing clean can ever come from anything as unclean as human beings.

Job 15:14

Can any human being be really pure? Can anyone be right with God?

Job 25:4

Can anyone be righteous or pure in God's sight?

Psalm 143:2

Don't put me, your servant, on trial; no one is innocent in your sight.

Proverbs 20:9

Can anyone really say that his conscience is clear, that he has gotten rid of his sin?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us were like sheep that were lost, each of us going his own way. But the Lord made the punishment fall on him, the punishment all of us deserved.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind.

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I am innocent; surely the Lord is no longer angry with me.’ But I, the Lord, will punish you because you deny that you have sinned.

Leviticus 13:12

If the skin disease spreads and covers you from head to foot,

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Romans 3:10

As the Scriptures say: “There is no one who is righteous,

Romans 3:23

everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.

1 Corinthians 3:18

You should not fool yourself. If any of you think that you are wise by this world's standards, you should become a fool, in order to be really wise.

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are something when you really are nothing, you are only deceiving yourself.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant arguments from people whose minds do not function and who no longer have the truth. They think that religion is a way to become rich.

2 Timothy 3:13

and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

James 1:22

Do not deceive yourselves by just listening to his word; instead, put it into practice.

James 1:26

Do any of you think you are religious? If you do not control your tongue, your religion is worthless and you deceive yourself.

James 3:2

All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.

2 Peter 2:13

and they will be paid with suffering for the suffering they have caused. Pleasure for them is to do anything in broad daylight that will satisfy their bodily appetites; they are a shame and a disgrace as they join you in your meals, all the while enjoying their deceitful ways!

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.

1 John 1:6

If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.

1 John 2:4

If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.

2 John 1:2

because the truth remains in us and will be with us forever.

3 John 1:3

I was so happy when some Christians arrived and told me how faithful you are to the truth—just as you always live in the truth.