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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: Can we determine thr truth of the matter |
Bible Note: Dear Biblicalman, If you read the John 16:13 verse in context, we understand that the phrase "all the truth" is not meant to mean "exhaustively all things that are true." Instead, it means all that is necessary for saving knowledge, faith, and obedience; i.e., the text of the New Testament itself. It is all that is needed, not all that there is. All that is needed entirely, without excess and without omission: I like how John Calvin puts it in his commentary on John 16:13: "That very Spirit had lead them into all truth, when they committed to writing the substance of their doctrine. Whoever imagines that anything must be added to their doctrine, as if it were imperfect and but half-finished, not only accuses the apostles of dishonesty, but blasphemes against the Spirit. If the doctrine which they committed to writing had proceeded from mere learners or persons imperfectly taught, an addition to it would not have been superfluous; but now that their writings may be regarded as perpetual records of that revelation which was promised and given to them, nothing can be added to them without doing grievous injury to the Holy Spirit." These things appear to be consistent with the conclusions you posted. In Him, Doc |