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1 John 1:8
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If we say that we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Yf we saye that we have no synne we deceave oure selves and trueth is not in vs.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say, we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we claim to be already free from sin, we lead ourselves astray and the truth has no place in our hearts.
If we seien, that we han no synne, we disseyuen vs silf, and treuthe is not in vs.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts.
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.]
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
If we claim not to have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36; Job 1:9:2; 15:14; 25:4; Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; James 3:2; 1 John 2:4;">[xr]
And if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us;
And if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.
If we say that we have no sin, we lie to ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say - Sin, have we none! we are deceiving, ourselves, and, the truth, is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.
If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we do not have sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;
Yf we saye that we haue no synne, we disceaue oure selues, and the trueth is not in vs.
If we say that we are without sin, we deceive ourselves, and have no regard to truth.
If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won't let us down; he'll be true to himself. He'll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. If we claim that we've never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God.
If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say we don't have any sin, then we are nothing but liars and no truth resides in us at all.
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
say: 1 John 1:6, 1 John 1:10, 1 John 3:5, 1 John 3:6, 1 Kings 8:46, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Job 9:2, Job 14:4, Job 15:14, Job 25:4, Psalms 143:2, Proverbs 20:9, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 2:22, Jeremiah 2:23, Romans 3:23, James 3:2
we deceive: 1 Corinthians 3:18, Galatians 6:3, 2 Timothy 3:13, James 1:22, James 1:26, 2 Peter 2:13
the truth: 1 John 2:4, 1 Timothy 6:5, 2 John 1:2, 3 John 1:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 12:12 - will kill Genesis 18:15 - denied Genesis 32:10 - not worthy of the least of all Leviticus 5:5 - confess Leviticus 13:12 - cover all Leviticus 26:40 - confess Numbers 5:7 - confess Joshua 7:19 - make Judges 10:15 - We have sinned 2 Samuel 12:13 - I have sinned 2 Kings 20:15 - All the things 1 Chronicles 15:13 - for that Ezra 10:1 - when he had Job 9:3 - he cannot Job 9:30 - General Job 31:33 - covered Job 33:27 - I Psalms 32:5 - acknowledged Psalms 119:29 - Remove Proverbs 28:13 - whoso Proverbs 30:12 - that are Isaiah 39:2 - there was Jeremiah 2:35 - I will Jeremiah 3:13 - acknowledge Daniel 9:4 - made Daniel 9:20 - confessing Mark 1:5 - confessing Luke 7:41 - the other Luke 11:4 - forgive us Luke 15:18 - I have Luke 15:29 - Lo Luke 18:13 - a sinner Luke 23:41 - we indeed John 1:9 - the true John 9:41 - If John 14:6 - the truth Romans 3:10 - none Romans 5:12 - all Romans 7:15 - what Galatians 2:11 - because Galatians 3:11 - that Galatians 5:17 - so Galatians 6:7 - not Ephesians 2:3 - we Philippians 3:9 - not 1 John 2:1 - And if 1 John 3:19 - hereby
Cross-References
God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good.
And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.
He created them male and female, and he blessed them and called them "human."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If we say that we have no sin,.... Notwithstanding believers are cleansed from their sins by the blood of Christ, yet they are not without sin; no man is without sin: this is not only true of all men, as they come into the world, being conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity, and of all that are in a state of unregeneracy, and of God's elect, while in such a state, but even of all regenerated and sanctified persons in this life; as appears by the ingenuous confessions of sin made by the saints in all ages; by their complaints concerning it, and groans under it; by the continual war in them between flesh and spirit; and by their prayers for the discoveries of pardoning grace, and for the fresh application of Christ's blood for cleansing; by their remissness in the discharge of duty, and by their frequent slips and falls, and often backslidings: and though their sins are all pardoned, and they are justified from all things by the righteousness of Christ, yet they are not without sin; though they are freed from the guilt of sin, and are under no obligation to punishment on account of it, yet not from the being of it; their sins were indeed transferred from them to Christ, and he has bore them, and took them and put them away, and they are redeemed from them, and are acquitted, discharged, and pardoned, so that sin is not imputed to them, and God sees no iniquity in them in the article of justification; and also, their iniquities are caused to pass from them, as to the guilt of them, and are taken out of their sight, and they have no more conscience of them, having their hearts sprinkled and purged by the blood of Jesus, and are clear of all condemnation, the curse of the law, the wrath of God, or the second death, by reason of them; yet pardon of sin, and justification from it, though they take away the guilt of sin, and free from obligation to punishment, yet they do not take out the being of sin, or cause it to cease to act, or do not make sins cease to be sins, or change the nature of actions, of sinful ones, to make them harmless, innocent, or indifferent; the sins of believers are equally sins with other persons, are of the same kind and nature, and equally transgressions of the law, and many of them are attended with more aggravating circumstances, and are taken notice of by God, and resented by him, and for which he chastises his people in love: now though a believer may say that he has not this or that particular sin, or is not guilty of this or that sin, for he has the seeds of all sin in him, yet he cannot say he has no sin; and though he may truly say he shall have no sin, for in the other state the being and principle of sin will be removed, and the saints will be perfectly holy in themselves, yet he cannot, in this present life, say that he is without it: if any of us who profess to be cleansed from sin by the blood of Christ should affirm this,
we deceive ourselves; such persons must be ignorant of themselves, and put a cheat upon themselves, thinking themselves to be something when they are nothing; flattering themselves what pure and holy creatures they are, when there is a fountain of sin and wickedness in them; these are self-deceptions, sad delusions, and gross impositions upon themselves:
and the truth is not in us; it is a plain case the truth of grace is not in such persons, for if there was a real work of God upon their souls, they would know and discern the plague of their own hearts, the impurity of their nature, and the imperfection of their obedience; nor is the word of truth in them, for if that had an entrance into them, and worked effectually in them, they would in the light of it discover much sin and iniquity in them; and indeed there is no principle of truth, no veracity in them; there is no sincerity nor ingenuity in them; they do not speak honestly and uprightly, but contrary to the dictates of their own conscience.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If we say that we have no sin - It is not improbable that the apostle here makes allusion to some error which was then beginning to prevail in the church. Some have supposed that the allusion is to the sect of the Nicolaitanes, and to the views which they maintained, particularly that nothing was forbidden to the children of God under the gospel, and that in the freedom conferred on Christians they were at liberty to do what they pleased, Revelation 2:6, Revelation 2:15. It is not certain, however, that the allusion is to them, and it is not necessary to suppose that there is reference to any particular sect that existed at that time. The object of the apostle is to show that it is implied in the very nature of the gospel that we are sinners, and that if, on any pretence, we denied that fact, we utterly deceived ourselves. In all ages there have been those who have attempted, on some pretence, to justify their conduct; who have felt that they did not need a Saviour; who have maintained that they had a right to do what they pleased; or who, on pretence of being perfectly sanctified, have held that they live without the commission of sin. To meet these, and all similar cases, the apostle affirms that it is a great elementary truth, which on no pretence is to be denied, that we are all sinners. We are at all times, and in all circumstances, to admit the painful and humiliating truth that we are transgressors of the law of God, and that we need, even in our best services, the cleansing of the blood of Jesus Christ. The fair interpretation of the declaration here will apply not only to those who maintain that they have not been guilty of sin in the past, but also to those who profess to have become perfectly sanctified, and to live without sin. In any and every way, if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. Compare the notes at James 3:2.
We deceive ourselves - We have wrong views about our character. This does not mean that the self-deception is willful, but that it in fact exists. No man knows himself who supposes that in all respects he is perfectly pure.
And the truth is not in us - On this subject. A man who should maintain that he had never committed sin, could have no just views of the truth in regard to himself, and would show that he was in utter error. In like manner, according to the obvious interpretation of this passage, he who maintains that he is wholly sanctified, and lives without any sin, shows that he is deceived in regard to himself, and that the truth, in this respect, is not in him. He may hold the truth on other subjects, but he does not on this. The very nature of the Christian religion supposes that we feel ourselves to be sinners, and that we should be ever ready to acknowledge it. A man who claims that he is absolutely perfect, that he is holy as God is holy, must know little of his own heart. Who, after all his reasoning on the subject, would dare to go out under the open heaven, at midnight, and lift up his hands and his eyes toward the stars, and say that he had no sin to confess - that he was as pure as the God that made those stars?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 8. If we say that we have no sin — This is tantamount to 1 John 1:10: If we say that we have not sinned. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; and therefore every man needs a Saviour, such as Christ is. It is very likely that the heretics, against whose evil doctrines the apostle writes, denied that they had any sin, or needed any Saviour. In deed, the Gnostics even denied that Christ suffered: the AEon, or Divine Being that dwelt in the man Christ Jesus, according to them, left him when he was taken by the Jews; and he, being but a common man, his sufferings and death had neither merit nor efficacy.
We deceive ourselves — By supposing that we have no guilt, no sinfulness, and consequently have no need of the blood of Christ as an atoning sacrifice: this is the most dreadful of all deceptions, as it leaves the soul under all the guilt and pollution of sin, exposed to hell, and utterly unfit for heaven.
The truth is not in us. — We have no knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus, the whole of which is founded on this most awful truth-all have sinned, all are guilty, all are unholy; and none can redeem himself. Hence it is as necessary that Jesus Christ should become incarnated, and suffer and die to bring men to God.
