1 John 1:10

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“If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.”

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BSBPD

“If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“if we may say--`we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 John 1:10 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 24:25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
  2. Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
  3. Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  4. 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  5. 1 John 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  6. 1 John 2:14I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  7. 1 John 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
  8. 1 John 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
  9. 2 John 1:2because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

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