1 John 1:10

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
  • 2 John 1:2 : 2 because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 The one who says“I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.
  • 1 John 2:14 : 14 I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
  • Job 24:25 : 25 “If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 1:5-9
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    5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing 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.

    8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

    9But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

  • 1 John 2:1-5
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    1(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,

    2and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.

    3Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

    4The one who says“I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

    5But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

  • 1 John 3:4-10
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    4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.

    5And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

    6Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.

    8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

    9Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.

    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.

  • 1 John 3:19-21
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    19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

    20that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.

    21Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God,

  • 1 John 5:17-19
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    17All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not resulting in death.

    18We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.

    19We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

  • Rom 3:9-10
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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

    10just as it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one,

  • Dan 9:5
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    5we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.

  • 1 John 5:9-10
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    9If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

    10(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  • Jer 14:20
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    20LORD, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

  • 2 Tim 2:13
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    13If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

  • Lev 5:5
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    5when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things he must confess how he has sinned,

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • Isa 59:12-13
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    12For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.

    13We have rebelled and tried to deceive the LORD; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

  • 1 John 4:20
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    20If anyone says“I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

  • Heb 10:26
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    26For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,

  • 1 John 4:10
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    10In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

  • Jer 3:25
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    25Let us acknowledge our shame. Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors. From earliest times to this very day we have not obeyed the LORD our God.’

  • Prov 28:13
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    13The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

  • Rom 3:7
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    7For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

  • Lev 6:3
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    3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

  • Ps 106:6
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    6We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

  • Col 1:14
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    14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

  • 2 Cor 7:2
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    2Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.