1 John 1:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

If we say, "We aren't sinful" we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

ASV:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

BBE:

If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

DBY:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

ERV:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

WEY:

If we claim to be already free from sin, we lead ourselves astray and the truth has no place in our hearts.

WBS:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

WEB:

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

YLT:

if we may say -- 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

1 John 1:8 Cross References

XREF:

Job 15:14 "What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin "?

John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Romans 3:10 as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;

James 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:8 {5} If we say that we have no sin, we {e} deceive ourselves, and the {f} truth is not in us.
(5) There is none but need this benefit, because there is none that is not a sinner.
(e) This fully refutes that perfectness of works of supererogation (doing more than duty requires, the idea that excess good works can form a reserve fund of merit that can be drawn on in favour of sinners) which the papists dream of.
(f) So then, John speaks not thus for modesty's sake, as some say but because it is so indeed.

PNT:

1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. To say that we have reached a sinless state in which we no longer need the blood of Christ to cleanse us is a deception. This language is in square opposition to the claims of the Perfectionists of all ages.

WES:

1:8 If we say - Any child of man, before his blood has cleansed us. We have no sin - To be cleansed from, instead of confessing our sins, 1Jo 1:9, the truth is not in us - Neither in our mouth nor in our heart.

MHC:

1:5-10 A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is the nature of God, his doctrines and precepts must be such. And as his perfect happiness cannot be separated from his perfect holiness, so our happiness will be in proportion to our being made holy. To walk in darkness, is to live and act against religion. God holds no heavenly fellowship or intercourse with unholy souls. There is no truth in their profession; their practice shows its folly and falsehood. The eternal Life, the eternal Son, put on flesh and blood, and died to wash us from our sins in his own blood, and procures for us the sacred influences by which sin is to be subdued more and more, till it is quite done away. While the necessity of a holy walk is insisted upon, as the effect and evidence of the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, the opposite error of self-righteous pride is guarded against with equal care. All who walk near to God, in holiness and righteousness, are sensible that their best days and duties are mixed with sin. God has given testimony to the sinfulness of the world, by providing a sufficient, effectual Sacrifice for sin, needed in all ages; and the sinfulness of believers themselves is shown, by requiring them continually to confess their sins, and to apply by faith to the blood of that Sacrifice. Let us plead guilty before God, be humble, and willing to know the worst of our case. Let us honestly confess all our sins in their full extent, relying wholly on his mercy and truth through the righteousness of Christ, for a free and full forgiveness, and our deliverance from the power and practice of sin.

CONC:

FALSE TRUE Claim Deceive Deceiving Free Hearts Lead Nothing Ourselves Sin Truth

Already Astray Claim Deceive Deceiving False. Free Hearts Lead Ourselves Sin True. Truth

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