1 John 1:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
  • 2 John 1:2 : 2 Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
  • 1 John 2:14 : 14 I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
  • Job 24:25 : 25 And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

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  • 1 John 1:5-9
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    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

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

    9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

  • 1 John 2:1-5
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    1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

    2 He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

    3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

    4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

    5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

  • 1 John 3:4-10
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    4 Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

    5 And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.

    6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

    7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

    8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

    9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

    10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

  • 1 John 3:19-21
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    19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

    20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.

    21 My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

  • 1 John 5:17-19
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    17 All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.

    18 We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

    19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

  • Rom 3:9-10
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    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

    10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

  • Dan 9:5
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    5 We are sinners, acting wrongly and doing evil; we have gone against you, turning away from your orders and from your laws:

  • 1 John 5:9-10
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    9 If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

    10 He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

  • Jer 14:20
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    20 We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.

  • 2 Tim 2:13
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    13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

  • Lev 5:5
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    5 And whoever is responsible for any such sin, let him make a statement openly of his wrongdoing;

  • John 9:41
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    41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

  • Isa 59:12-13
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    12 For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doings are with us, and we have knowledge of our sins:

    13 We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.

  • 1 John 4:20
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    20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

  • Heb 10:26
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    26 For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

  • 1 John 4:10
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    10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

  • Jer 3:25
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    25 Let us be stretched on the earth in our downfall, covering ourselves with our shame: for we have been sinners against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our earliest years even till this day: and we have not given ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

  • Prov 28:13
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    13 He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

  • Rom 3:7
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    7 But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?

  • Lev 6:3
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    3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7 Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20 There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

  • Ps 106:6
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    6 We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.

  • Col 1:14
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    14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2 Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,