1 John 1:8

Denying that we have sin is self-deception, not truth. Honest believers acknowledge their sinfulness.

Cross-references · 27

• Rom 3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
• Eccl 7:20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
• Jas 3:2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
• Isa 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• 1 Jn 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
• 1 Jn 1:10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
• Prov 20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
• Isa 64:6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
• Ps 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
• Gal 6:3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
• Jas 1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
• Job 25:4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
• 1 Kgs 8:46If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
• Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
• 1 Tim 6:5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
• 2 Chr 6:36If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
• 1 Cor 3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
• 1 Jn 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
• 1 Jn 3:5–6And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
• 2 Jn 1:2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
• Job 9:2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
• Jas 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• 3 Jn 1:3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
• 2 Pet 2:13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
• 2 Tim 3:13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
• Jer 2:22–23For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

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