1 John 1:8

The Passion Translation

If we boast that we have no sin, we’re only fooling ourselves and are strangers to the truth.

Cross References

Romans 3:23

for we all have sinned and are in need of the glory of God.

James 3:2

We all fail in many areas, but especially with our words. Yet if we’re able to bridle the words we say we are powerful enough to control ourselves in every way, and that means our character is mature and fully developed.

Isaiah 53:6

Like wayward sheep, we have all wandered astray. Each of us has turned from God’s paths and chosen our own way; even so, Yahweh laid the guilt of our every sin upon him.

1 John 2:4

If someone claims, “I have come to know God by experience,” yet doesn’t keep God’s commands, he is a phony and the truth finds no place in him.

1 John 1:10

If we claim that we’re not guilty of sin when God uncovers it with his light, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

Proverbs 20:9

Which one of us can truly say, “I am free from sin in my life, for my heart is clean and pure”?

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are somebody too important to stoop down to help another (when really you are not), you are living in deception.

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become contaminated with sin, and you see our self-righteousness as nothing better than a menstrual rag. We are all like fallen leaves, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t bring me into your courtroom for judgment, for there is no one who is righteous before you.

James 1:26

If someone believes they have a relationship with God but fails to guard his words then his heart is drifting away and his religion is shallow and empty.

1 Timothy 6:5

They add misery to many lives by corrupting their minds and cheating them of the truth. They equate the worship of God with making great sums of money.

1 Corinthians 3:18

So why fool yourself and live under an illusion? Make no mistake about it, if anyone thinks he is wise by the world’s standards, he will be made wiser by being a fool for God!

2 John 1:2

because of the living truth that has a permanent home in us and will be with us forever.

1 John 1:6

If we claim that we share life with him, but keep walking in the realm of darkness, we’re fooling ourselves and not living the truth.

James 1:22

Don’t just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life!

2 Timothy 3:13

But the evil men and sorcerers will progress from bad to worse, deceived and deceiving, as they lead people further from the truth.

3 John 1:3

I was filled with joy and delight when the brothers arrived and informed me of your faithfulness to the truth. They told me how you live continually in the truth of Christ.

2 Peter 2:13

For all the evil they have done will come crashing down on them. They consider it their great pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. When they come to your love feasts they are but stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions as they feast with you.

Jeremiah 2:35

you dare to say, ‘I’m innocent! Yahweh is not angry with me anymore.’ But watch out! I, Yahweh, will judge you for perjury because you say: ‘I have not sinned.’

John 8:44

“You are the offspring of your father, the devil, and you serve your father very well, passionately carrying out his desires. He’s been a murderer right from the start! He never stood with the truth, for he’s full of nothing but lies—lying is his native tongue. He is a master of deception and the father of lies!

Romans 3:10

And the Scriptures agree, for it is written: There is no one who always does what is right, no, not even one!

1 John 4:20

Anyone can say, “I love God,” yet have hatred toward another believer. This makes him a phony, because if you don’t love a brother or sister, whom you can see, how can you truly love God, whom you can’t see?