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Ifἐὰνwe sayεἴπωμενthatὅτιwe haveἔχομενnoοὐκsin,ἁμαρτίανwe deceiveπλανῶμενourselves,ἑαυτοὺςandκαὶthe truthἡ ἀλήθειαis notοὐκ ἔστινinἐνus.ἡμῖν
1 John 1:8
Study it in the app“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
To say we have no sin is to deceive ourselves; confessing brings forgivenessTemptation
With the Greek beneath
1 John 1:8, word by word
- we sayεἴπωμενeipōmen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipōmen” appears- we haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- sinἁμαρτίανhamartian
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartian” appears- we deceiveπλανῶμενplanōmen
lead astray
To lead others the wrong way.
Where else “planōmen” appears- the truthἀλήθειαalētheia
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheia” appears- is notἔστινestin
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “estin” appears
The context
7but 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, so as to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
To study 1 John 1 in a group
1. What it says
What do the writers say they have heard, seen, and touched, and why do they announce it (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
The text contrasts walking in the light and in darkness (v. 5-7). What does it say happens if we walk in the light?
3. How I live it
John speaks of acknowledging our sins (v. 8-9). What is hard or easy about being honest about them, without hiding?