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NASB | 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.] |
Subject: Is sinless perfection possible on earth? |
Bible Note: CONTINUATION: What then will be the cause of the victory in our new life? Firstly it will arise from the fact that grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life, with the result that sin no longer reigns unto death (5.21). Secondly it arises because through Christ’s resurrection life we can walk in newness of life (6.3-5). Thirdly it is because, as a result of the fact that we have been crucified with Christ, we have put off the body of sin (chosen no longer to obey that part of our body which yielded to sin), so that we should no longer be under bondage to sin (6.6). And fourthly because we present ourselves as servants to righteousness, so that we are no longer the servants of sin (6.16). So the victory arises from the grace of God at work upon us through the Holy Spirit (5.5, 21), the life of Christ that we have received within us (6.4), our choice to put off the sinful aspect of our body so that we should no longer be under the bondage of sin (6.6), and our choice to become the servants of righteousness (6.16), that is to commit ourselves to obedience to the body of teaching that has now been given to us, so that we might be made free from sin (6.17). |