Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Holman Bible
If we say, “We have no sin,”
International Standard Version
If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we're not being truthful to ourselves.
A Conservative Version
If we say that we have no sin, we lead ourselves astray, and the truth is not in us.
American Standard Version
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Amplified
If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]
An Understandable Version
If we claim to have no sinful practices [in our lives], we are self-deceived and are not being truthful about the matter.
Anderson New Testament
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Bible in Basic English
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
Common New Testament
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Daniel Mace New Testament
If we say that we are without sin, we deceive ourselves, and have no regard to truth.
Darby Translation
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Godbey New Testament
But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Goodspeed New Testament
If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts.
John Wesley New Testament
If we say, we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Julia Smith Translation
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
King James 2000
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Modern King James verseion
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us.
Moffatt New Testament
If we say, 'We are not guilty,' we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us;
Montgomery New Testament
If we say, "We have no sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
NET Bible
If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
New Heart English Bible
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Noyes New Testament
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Sawyer New Testament
If we say we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
The Emphasized Bible
If we say - Sin, have we none! we are deceiving, ourselves, and, the truth, is not in us.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If we say that there is no sin in us, we are deceiving ourselves, and the Truth has no place in us.
Webster
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Weymouth New Testament
If we claim to be already free from sin, we lead ourselves astray and the truth has no place in our hearts.
Williams New Testament
If we claim "We are already free from sin," we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in our hearts.
World English Bible
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Worrell New Testament
If we say, "We have no sin," we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Worsley New Testament
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Youngs Literal Translation
if we may say -- 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;
Themes
Cleanness » Who will be cleansed from sin
Confession » The reward for confessing sin
Deception » Who deceives themselves
Deception » Of self » Sanctimony
Fall of man » All men partake of the effects of
Sin » Those that say they have no sin
Sin » If we say that we have no, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 1:8
Prayers for 1 John 1:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Light, So Walk In The Light
7 But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us [our] sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Cross References
James 3:2
For we all stumble [in] many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he [is] a perfect individual, able to hold in check his whole body also.
1 John 2:4
The one who says "I have come to know him," and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.
Job 15:14
"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?
Proverbs 20:9
Who will say "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
2 Chronicles 6:36
When they sin against you--for there is no person who does not sin--and you become angry with them and place them before their enemy that they carry them away as captives to a land far or near,
1 Kings 8:46
"If they sin against you (for there is not a person who does not sin) and you are angry with them and you give them to an enemy and they take them captive to the land of the enemy far or near,
Job 9:2
"Truly I know that [it is] so, but how can a human being be just before God?
Job 14:4
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!
Job 25:4
"Indeed, how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?
Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Surely there is no one righteous on the earth who [continually] does good and never sins.
Isaiah 53:6
All of us have wandered about like sheep; we each have turned to his own way; and Yahweh let fall on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 64:6
And we all have become like the unclean, and all our deeds of justice like a menstrual cloth, And we all wither like leaf, and our iniquities take us away like the wind.
Jeremiah 2:22-23
For if you wash with natron, and you {use much soap}, your guilt [is] sticking as a stain {before} me," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks [himself] to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, in order that he may become wise.
Galatians 6:3
For if anyone thinks he is something [although he] is nothing, he is deceiving himself.
1 Timothy 6:5
constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil people and imposters will progress to the worse, deceiving and being deceived.
James 1:22
But be doers of the message and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious, [although he] does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion [is] worthless.
2 Peter 2:13
being harmed [as the] wages of unrighteousness. Considering reveling in the daytime a pleasure, [they are] stains and blemishes, carousing in their deceitful pleasures [when they] feast together with you,
1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John 3:5-6
And you know that that one was revealed in order that he might take away sins, and in him [there] is no sin.
2 John 1:2
because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us {forever}.
3 John 1:3
For I rejoiced exceedingly [when the] brothers came and testified [to] your truth, just as you are walking in [the] truth.