‘What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
1 John 1:10 - New International Version (Anglicised) If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If we say (claim) we have not sinned, we contradict His Word and make Him out to be false and a liar, and His Word is not in us [the divine message of the Gospel is not in our hearts]. American Standard Version (1901) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Common English Bible If we claim, “We have never sinned,” we make him a liar and his word is not in us. Catholic Public Domain Version If we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. |
‘What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
‘If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?’
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.”
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son.
because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us for ever: