1 John 1:8

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Summary

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Say

We deceive

2 Peter 2:13

General references

Hebrews 8:12

Bible References

Say

If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins,

and there is no sin in Him.

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin—
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them to the enemy’s country—
whether distant or nearby—

When they sin against You—
for there is no one who does not sin—
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them
to a distant or nearby country,

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

Do not bring Your servant into judgment,
for no one alive is righteous in Your sight.

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

There is certainly no righteous man on the earth
who does good and never sins.

We all went astray like sheep;
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished Him
for the iniquity of us all.

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Even if you wash with lye
and use a great amount of soap,
the stain of your sin is still in front of Me.
This is the Lord God’s declaration.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

for we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body.

We deceive

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

For if anyone considers himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

General references

Atonement will be made for you on this day to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord.

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,

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

I will purify them from all the wrongs they have committed against Me, and I will forgive all the wrongs they have committed against Me, rebelling against Me.

For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.