1Jo 1:8-2:2 | ESV | STEP | If we say we have no sin , we deceive ourselves , and the truth is not in us .

a[Job 15:14; Jer. 2:35]; See James 3:2

b ch. 2:4

c Ps. 32:5; 51:3; Prov. 28:13

d[Ps. 143:1; Rom. 3:26]

e[See ver. 7 above]

f ch. 5:10

g John 5:38; 8:37

h Rom. 8:34; 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 7:25

i ch. 4:10; Rom. 3:25; [2 Cor. 5:18, 19; Col. 1:20]

j ch. 4:14; John 1:29; 4:42; 11:51, 52; 12:32

1 John 1:8-10

8 ^aIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^bthe truth is not in us. 9 ^cIf we confess our sins, he is ^dfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^eto cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, ^fwe make him a liar, and ^ghis word is not in us.

1 John 2:1-2

Christ Our Advocate

1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, ^hwe have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 ⁱHe is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ^jalso for the sins of the whole world.