Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
If we claim that we have not committed sins, we are [in effect] calling God a liar [i.e., because He says we have] and His word [i.e., the real truth about the matter] is not in our hearts.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Holman Bible
If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word
International Standard Version
If we say that we have never sinned, we make him a liar and his word has no place in us.
A Conservative Version
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
American Standard Version
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Amplified
If we say that we have not sinned [refusing to admit acts of sin], we make Him [out to be] a liar [by contradicting Him] and His word is not in us.
Anderson New Testament
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Bible in Basic English
If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
Common New Testament
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if we say that we have not sinned, we impeach his veracity, and discredit his word.
Darby Translation
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Godbey New Testament
If we may say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Goodspeed New Testament
If we say, "We have not sinned," we are making him a liar, and his message is not in our hearts.
John Wesley New Testament
If we say, we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Julia Smith Translation
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
King James 2000
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Modern King James verseion
If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Moffatt New Testament
if we say, "We have not sinned," we make him a liar and his word is not within us.
Montgomery New Testament
If we say, "We have not sinned," we are making him a liar, and his word is not in us.
NET Bible
If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.
New Heart English Bible
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Noyes New Testament
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Sawyer New Testament
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
The Emphasized Bible
If we say - We have not sinned! false, are we making, him, and, his word, is not in us.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If we say that we have not sinned, we are making God a liar, and his Message has no place in us.
Webster
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Weymouth New Testament
If we deny that we have sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Message has no place in our hearts.
Williams New Testament
If we claim "We have not sinned," we are making Him a liar, and His message is not in our hearts.
World English Bible
If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Worrell New Testament
If we say, "We have not sinned," we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Worsley New Testament
but if we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Youngs Literal Translation
if we may say -- 'we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.
Themes
Sin » Those that say they have no sin
Sin » If we say that we have no, we make God a liar
The word of God » Who does not have the word of God in them
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 1:10
Images 1 John 1:10
Prayers for 1 John 1:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Light, So Walk In The Light
9 [But] if we confess our sins [to God], He is faithful [to His promise] and righteous [in His judgment], and will forgive us of those sins and cleanse us from all of our wrongdoing. 10 If we claim that we have not committed sins, we are [in effect] calling God a liar [i.e., because He says we have] and His word [i.e., the real truth about the matter] is not in our hearts.
Phrases
Cross References
1 John 5:10
The person who [sincerely] believes in God's Son has the evidence [of it] within his heart, [confirming God's testimony]. The person who does not believe God [i.e., what He says about Jesus], accuses Him of lying, because he has not accepted the [irrefutable] testimony of God concerning [the identity and mission of] His Son.
1 John 1:8
If we claim to have no sinful practices [in our lives], we are self-deceived and are not being truthful about the matter.
Colossians 3:16
You should let the message of Christ live in you abundantly [i.e., as individuals and collectively]. Use [much] wisdom in teaching and warning one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing with favor [i.e., with thankfulness] in your hearts toward God.
1 John 2:4
The person who says, "I have come to know Him," but does not obey what He commands, is lying [by such a profession], and the truth [about the matter] is not in his heart.
1 John 2:14
I have written to you little children [i.e., dear ones], because you have known the Father [as your God]. I have written to you fathers, because you have known Him [i.e., Christ], [who has existed] from the beginning. [See verse 13]. I have written to you young men, because you are [spiritually] strong and the word of God continues to live in your hearts, and you have overcome the [power of the] evil one [See verse 13].
1 John 4:4
[But], you people are [followers] of God, little children [i.e., dear ones], and you have overcome them [i.e., these false teachers] because He who is in your lives [i.e., the Holy Spirit, See 3:24] is greater [i.e., more powerful] than he who is in [i.e., dominates] the world [i.e., Satan. See II Cor. 4:4].
2 John 1:2
[We all love you] because of the truth which continues to live in our hearts and will be with us forever.