1Jn 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
For 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.
All 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. {laid...: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him}
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
But 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.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.
If 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;
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?
Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. {Perverse...: or, Gallings one of another}
If 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; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}
Let 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.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?}
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
And 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;
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, {yet} thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh {them} shall have mercy.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: {for that: or, in whom}
For 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.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as {his} eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
If 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;
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
For because ye {did it} not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: {as Adam: or, after the manner of men}
Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. {wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping}
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
{That} was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Let 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.
And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. {seemeth...: Heb. is good in thine eyes}
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
If 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; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This {is} his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
He looketh upon men, and {if any} say, I have sinned, and perverted {that which was} right, and it profited me not; {He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say}
What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. {desires: Gr. wills}
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide {it} not from me.
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these {things}, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that {thing}:
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. {assure: Gr. persuade}
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, {it is} evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
And he answering said to {his} father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
And whiles I {was} speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
How 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; {thou art...: or, O swift dromedary}
And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All {the things} that {are} in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth {part} thereof, and give {it} unto {him} against whom he hath trespassed.
And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of {him that hath} the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. {precious things: or, spicery} {armour: or, jewels: Heb. vessels, or, instruments}
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. {I am not...: Heb. I am less than all}
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.