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1 John 1:8
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1 John 1:8
8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 John 1:8
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To mislead, cause to believe what is false, or conceal the truth by fraud or error.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The reflexive or emphatic pronoun referring to the speaker together with others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
That which is true; conformity to fact, reality, faithfulness, or God's revealed word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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Open the full verse study20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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Open the full verse study2For 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.
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Open the full verse study6All 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.
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Open the full verse study4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Open the full verse study10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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Open the full verse study14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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Open the full verse study9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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Open the full verse study6But 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.
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Open the full verse study2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
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Open the full verse study3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
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Open the full verse study26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
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Open the full verse study46If 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;
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Open the full verse study4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
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Open the full verse study5Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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Open the full verse study4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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Open the full verse study18Let 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.
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Open the full verse study6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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Open the full verse study36If 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;
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Open the full verse study5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
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Open the full verse study2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
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Open the full verse study22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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Open the full verse study2I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
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Open the full verse study13And 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;
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Open the full verse study13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
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Open the full verse study3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
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Open the full verse study22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
23How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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