1 John 1:8

New Living Translation

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“If they sin against you—and who has never sinned?—you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to their land far away or near.

2 Kings 20:15

“What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries.”

2 Chronicles 6:36

“If they sin against you—and who has never sinned?—you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to a foreign land far away or near.

Job 14:4

Who can bring purity out of an impure person? No one!

Job 15:14

Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?

Job 25:4

How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?

Job 9:2

“Yes, I know all this is true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?

Psalm 143:2

Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin”?

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 2:35

And yet you say, ‘I have done nothing wrong. Surely God isn’t angry with me!’ But now I will punish you severely because you claim you have not sinned.

Leviticus 13:12

“Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person’s skin, covering the body from head to foot.

John 8:44

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 3:10

As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one.

Romans 3:23

For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise.

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important.

1 Timothy 6:5

These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived.

James 1:22

But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

James 1:26

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

James 3:2

Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.

2 Peter 2:13

Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals.

1 John 1:10

If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

1 John 1:6

So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.

1 John 2:4

If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?

2 John 1:2

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

3 John 1:3

Some of the traveling teachers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about your faithfulness and that you are living according to the truth.