1 John 1:8
if we may say — 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;
Young's Literal Translation
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 13:12'And if the leprosy break out greatly in the skin, and the leprosy hath covered all the skin of [him who hath] the plague, from his head even unto his feet, to all that appeareth to the eyes of the priest,
2 Kings 20:15And he saith, 'What saw they in thy house?' and Hezekiah saith, 'All that [is] in my house they saw; there hath not been a thing that I have not shewed them among my treasures.'
Job 9:2Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what — is man righteous with God?
Job 15:14What [is] man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:20Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth 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 →