New American Standard Bible 2020
1 John 1:8
1 John 1:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- New International Version (NIV)If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Context of 1 John 1:8
6If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.
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ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔχομεν, ἑαυτοὺς πλανῶμεν καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 John 1:8
- 1 John 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;
- 1 John 3:5You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.
- 1 Kings 8:46“When they sin against You (for there is no person who does not sin) and You are angry with them and turn them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, distant or near;
- 2 Chronicles 6:36“When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You are angry with them and turn them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near,
- Job 9:2“In truth I know that this is so; But how can a person be in the right with God?
- Job 14:4Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
- Job 15:14What is man, that he would be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he would be righteous?
- Job 25:4How then can mankind be righteous with God? Or how can anyone who is born of woman be pure?
- Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For no person living is righteous in Your sight.
- Proverbs 20:9Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin”?
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Indeed, there is not a righteous person on earth who always does good and does not ever sin.
- Isaiah 53:6All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.
- Isaiah 64:6For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
- Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your guilt is before Me,” declares the Lord God.
- Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to rein in the whole body as well.
Commentaries on 1 John 1:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8If 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 Savior, 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 Savior. In deed, the Gnostics even denied that Christ suffered: the Aeon, or Divine Being that dwelt in the man…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8If 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8If we say we have no sin: This is the second false claim of the Gnostics (see 1:6). They trusted they could be free from sin because Christ had removed their sins forever. They believed that their special knowledge put them in a position where sin no longer mattered. But Christians do still sin when they live in their old nature (see Romans 7:14–25). A true Christian both acknowledges this sin and trusts Christ to take it away (1 John 1:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. The confession of sins is a necessary consequence of "walking in the light" (1Jo 1:7). "If thou shalt confess thyself a sinner, the truth is in thee; for the truth is itself light. Not yet has thy life become perfectly light, as sins are still in thee, but yet thou hast already begun to be illuminated, because there is in thee confession of sins" [Augustine]. that we have no sin--"Have," not "have had," must refer not to the past sinful life while…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 1 John 1:8 Job 15:14; Prov 20:9; Rom 3:10ff; James 3:2 ↩
- 2. 1 John 1:8 John 8:44; 1 John 2:4 ↩
Commentaries on 1 John 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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