1 John 1:8

New International Version

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, far away or near;

2 Kings 20:15

The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

2 Chronicles 6:36

“When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near;

Job 14:4

Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!

Job 15:14

“What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?

Job 25:4

How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

Job 9:2

“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?

Psalm 143:2

Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.

Isaiah 53:6

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Leviticus 13:12

“If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot,

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 3:10

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;

Romans 3:23

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

1 Corinthians 3:18

Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

2 Timothy 3:13

while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

James 1:22

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

James 1:26

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.

2 Peter 2:13

They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

1 John 1:10

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

1 John 1:6

If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

1 John 4:20

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.

2 John 1:2

because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:

3 John 1:3

It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.