1 John 1:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Romans 3:23

All have sinned and are not good enough to share God’s divine greatness.

James 3:2

We all make many mistakes. A person who never said anything wrong would be perfect. Someone like that would be able to control their whole body too.

Isaiah 53:6

We had all wandered away like sheep. We had gone our own way. And yet the Lord put all our guilt on him.

1 John 2:4

If we say we know God but do not obey his commands, we are lying. The truth is not in us.

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we are saying that God is a liar and that we don’t accept his true teaching.

Proverbs 20:9

Can anyone say their heart is pure? Who can say, “I am free from sin”?

Job 15:14

“People cannot really be pure. They cannot be more right than God!

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are too important to do this, you are only fooling yourself.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all dirty with sin. Even our good works are not pure. They are like bloodstained rags. We are all like dead leaves. Our sins have carried us away like wind.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant. No one alive could be judged innocent by your standards.

James 1:26

You might think you are a very religious person. But if your tongue is out of control, you are fooling yourself. Your careless talk makes your offerings to God worthless.

1 Timothy 6:5

They are always making trouble, because they are people whose thinking has been confused. They have lost their understanding of the truth. They think that devotion to God is a way to get rich.

Job 25:4

How can anyone claim to be right before God? No human being can really be pure.

1 Kings 8:46

“Your people will sin against you. I know this because everyone sins. And you will be angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them to some faraway land.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. Whoever thinks they are wise in this world should become a fool. That’s the only way they can be wise.

Job 14:4

“No one can make something clean from something so dirty.

2 Chronicles 6:36

“Your people will sin against you. I know this because everyone sins. And you will be angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them to some faraway land.

2 John 1:2

We love you because of the truth—the truth that lives in us. That truth will be with us forever.

1 John 1:6

So if we say that we share in life with God, but we continue living in darkness, we are liars, who don’t follow the truth.

James 1:22

Do what God’s teaching says; don’t just listen and do nothing. When you only sit and listen, you are fooling yourselves.

2 Timothy 3:13

People who are evil and cheat others will become worse and worse. They will fool others, but they will also be fooling themselves.

Job 9:2

“Of course, I know that this is true. But how can a human being win an argument with God?

3 John 1:3

Some believers came and told me about the truth in your life. They told me that you continue to follow the way of truth. This made me very happy.

2 Peter 2:13

They have made many people suffer. So they themselves will suffer. That is their pay for what they have done. They think it is fun to do evil where everyone can see them. They enjoy the evil things that please them. So they are like dirty spots and stains among you—they bring shame to you in the meals you eat together.

Jeremiah 2:35

But still, you say, ‘I am innocent. God is not angry with me.’ So I will also judge you guilty of lying, because you say, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

John 8:44

Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

Romans 3:10

As the Scriptures say, “There is no one doing what is right, not even one.

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God but hate any of our brothers or sisters in his family, we are liars. If we don’t love someone we have seen, how can we love God? We have never even seen him.

Leviticus 13:12

“Sometimes a skin disease will spread all over a person’s body, covering the skin from head to foot. The priest must look at that person’s whole body.

2 Kings 20:15

Isaiah said, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah answered, “They saw everything I own. I showed them all my wealth.”