1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 13:12But if the leprosy spring out running about in the skin, and cover all the skin from the head to the feet, whatsoever falleth under the sight of the eyes,
2 Kings 20:15And he said: What did they see in thy house? Ezechias said: They saw all the things that are in my house: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewn them.
Job 9:2Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with
Job 15:14What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
Psalms 143:2I cried to the Lord with my voice: with my voice I made supplication to the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 7:20Wisdom hath strengthened the wise more than ten princes of the city.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:6-8
The Apostolic Testimony. ( a. d. 80.) 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. The apostle, having declared the truth and dignity of the author of the gospel, brings a message… Read the whole commentary →