1 John 1:8
If we say—Sin, have we none! we are deceiving, ourselves, and, the truth, is not in us.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, cometh quite out, in the skin, and the leprosy covereth all the skin of him that, is plagued, from his head even unto his feet,—so far as appeareth to the eyes of the priest,
2 Kings 20:15And he said—What have they seen in thy house? Then said Hezekiah—All that is in my house, have they seen, there was, nothing, that I shewed them not, among my treasures.
Job 9:2Of a truth, I know that so it is, But how can a mortal be just with GOD?
Job 15:14What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
Psalms 143:2Do not then enter into judgment with thy servant, for no one living, can appear just before thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:20For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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 →