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 while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

"If they sin against you--for there is no one who does not sin--and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,

"If they sin against you--for there is no one who does not sin--and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near,

"Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.

What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?

How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?

Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned--every one--to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord GOD.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

We deceive

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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

suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.

General references

For on this day shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the LORD from all your sins.

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

Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?

I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more."