1 John 1:8-10

Walking in the Light

⁸ _s If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and _t the truth is not in us. ⁹ _u If we confess our sins, he is _v faithful and just to forgive us our sins and _r to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say we have not sinned, _w we make him a liar, and _x his word is not in us.

1. Cross References
   Job 15:14
   What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
   Jeremiah 2:35
   You say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, 'I have not sinned.
   James 3:2
   For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
   
2. Cross References
   1 John 2:4
   Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 32:5
   I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
   Psalms 51:3
   For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
   Proverbs 28:13
   Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 143:1
   Hear my prayer, O Lord ; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
   Romans 3:26
   It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
   
5. Cross References
   1 John 1:7
   But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
   
6. Cross References
   1 John 5:10
   Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.
   
7. Cross References
   John 5:38
   And you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.
   John 8:37
   I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.