1 John 1:8

New International Reader's Version

Suppose we claim we are without sin. Then we are fooling ourselves. The truth is not in us.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“Suppose your people sin against you. After all, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t sin. And suppose you get angry with them. You hand them over to their enemies. They take them as prisoners to their own lands. It doesn’t matter whether those lands are near or far away.

2 Kings 20:15

The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “I showed them all my treasures.”

2 Chronicles 6:36

“Suppose they sin against you. After all, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t sin. And suppose you get angry with them. You hand them over to their enemies. They take them as prisoners to another land. It doesn’t matter whether that land is near or far away.

Job 14:4

Who can bring what is pure from something that isn’t pure? No one!

Job 15:14

“Can human beings really be pure? Can those who are born really be right with God?

Job 25:4

How can human beings be right with God? How can mere people really be pure?

Job 9:2

“I’m sure that what you have said is true. But how can human beings prove to God they are not guilty?

Psalm 143:2

Don’t take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.

Proverbs 20:9

No one can say, “I have kept my heart pure. I’m ‘clean,’ and I haven’t sinned.”

Ecclesiastes 7:20

It is true that there isn’t anyone on earth who does only what is right and never sins.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from God. All of us have turned to our own way. And the Lord has placed on his servant the sins of all of us.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us have become like someone who is “unclean.” All the good things we do are like dirty rags to you. All of us are like leaves that have dried up. Our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I’m not guilty of doing anything wrong. The Lord isn’t angry with me.’ But I will judge you. That’s because you say, ‘I haven’t sinned.’

Leviticus 13:12

“Suppose the disease breaks out all over their skin. And suppose it covers them from head to foot, as far as the priest can tell.

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil. You want to obey your father’s wishes. From the beginning, the devil was a murderer. He has never obeyed the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his natural language. He does this because he is a liar. He is the father of lies.

Romans 3:10

It is written, “No one is right with God, no one at all.

Romans 3:23

Everyone has sinned. No one measures up to God’s glory.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Don’t fool yourselves. Suppose some of you think you are wise by the standards of the world. Then you should become “fools” so that you can become wise.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks they are somebody when they are nobody, they are fooling themselves.

1 Timothy 6:5

It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.

2 Timothy 3:13

Evil people and pretenders will go from bad to worse. They will fool others, and others will fool them.

James 1:22

Don’t just listen to the word. You fool yourselves if you do that. You must do what it says.

James 1:26

Suppose people think their beliefs and how they live are both right. But they don’t control what they say. Then they are fooling themselves. Their beliefs and way of life are not worth anything at all.

James 3:2

All of us get tripped up in many ways. Suppose someone is never wrong in what they say. Then they are perfect. They are able to keep their whole body under control.

2 Peter 2:13

They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to have wild parties in the middle of the day. They are like dirty spots and stains. They enjoy their sinful pleasures while they eat with you.

1 John 1:10

If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar. His word is not in us.

1 John 1:6

Suppose we say that we share life with God but still walk in the darkness. Then we are lying. We are not living out the truth.

1 John 2:4

Suppose someone says, “I know him.” But suppose this person does not do what God commands. Then this person is a liar and is not telling the truth.

1 John 4:20

Suppose someone claims to love God but hates a brother or sister. Then they are a liar. They don’t love their brother or sister, whom they have seen. So they can’t love God, whom they haven’t seen.

2 John 1:2

I love you because of the truth that is alive in us. This truth will be with us forever.

3 John 1:3

Some believers came to me and told me that you are faithful to the truth. They told me that you continue to live by it. This news gave me great joy.