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1 John 1:8
New Catholic Bible
1 John 1:8
New Catholic Bible
Deliverance from Sin[a]
8 If we claim that we are sinless,
we are only deceiving ourselves,
and the truth is not in us.
Footnotes
- 1 John 1:8 Christians do not live in some superior spiritual sphere far removed from our daily lives on earth. We must in all honesty acknowledge that sin is present in our lives with all its weight. If we do not do so, we oppose the whole experience attested by Scripture and render insignificant the voluntary sacrifice that Christ made of himself so that human beings might have life. Deliverance from sin is obtained not by evasion but by the act of God who forgives and justifies us in the very depths of our being.
