1 John 1:8 (WEB)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Catechism · 3
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“But the apostle John also says: "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Jn 1:8[ETML:C/].
In the Age of the Church
The first movement of the prayer of petition is asking forgiveness, like the tax collector in the parable: "God, be merciful to me a sinner!"
The Church is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
“All members of the Church, including her ministers, must acknowledge that they are sinners.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Jn 1:8-10.
Fathers and councils · 34
Jerome
“Again in the same Epistle we read:“If we say that we have no sins, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8 sq.
Read the whole comment“For, if whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not because His seed abideth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God, how is it that the writer says in the same place:“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us?”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And therefore, when he lies as a man he sins as a man, and will be held by that sentence in which it is said, “All men are liars;” and, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8
Read the whole comment“And although she, having been “made alive” in Christ even before she was freed from the flesh had so lived as to praise Thy name both by her faith and conversation, yet dare I not say that from the time Thou didst regenerate her by baptism, no word went forth from her mouth against Thy precepts.” — editor's note: For to have done so would have been to go perilously near to the heresy of the Pelagians, who laid claim to the possibility of attaining perfection in this…
Read the whole comment“Am I ignorant of this also? or does it remain that I deceive myself, and do not the “truth” before Thee in my heart and tongue?” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“I have “over-leaped” a great deal of ground, a very great deal of ground already; but, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the Truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“For no man can say that he is without sin; for if he says so, he will lie; “if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“For we must beware, lest all the Saints, whose words these are, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us;” may either not be thought to walk in the ways of the Lord, since sin is wickedness, and “they who do wickedness, walk not in His ways;” or, because it is not…” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“For see what He saith; “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“And in the Epistle of this same John we have found it written, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“For it is no slight question, how he saith in this Epistle, “Whosoever is born of God, sinneth not,” and how in the same Epistle he hath said above, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“…so here also not all sin, lest it be contrary to that place where he saith, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us:” but a certain sin in particular, that is, the violation of charity.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“But if we shall have said that we have not sinned, we shall make Him a liar, and His word shall not be in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8–10. [See R.V.]
Read the whole comment“…on the breast of the Lord, and whom He loved before others, saith, “If we shall say that we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8
Read the whole comment“I do myself no wrong, but I say the truth; we are debtors: “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“Hear John according to what respect they were bad: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“Hear the Apostle’s voice, “If we shall say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“He maketh answer and saith, “If we shall say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“They grieve for sin, hearing that “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“Obviously there shall be no sin when it can be said, “Where is”—But as for the present it is not some poor weak citizen of this city, but this same Apostle John himself who says, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“…only, but from other nations as well; nor such a Church as she now is, when “if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us,” but as she shall then be, purged by the last judgment as a threshing-floor by a winnowing wind, and those of her members who need it being cleansed by fire, so…” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“And so we say that the life of holy men, as long as they remain in this mortal body, may be found without crime; but, as the Apostle John says, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8
Read the whole comment“Listen to Saint John himself, the author of the Gospel before us, when he says in his epistle, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
Read the whole comment“And thus our human feelings themselves, which are inseparable from our mortal life on earth, are like feet wherewith we are brought into sensible contact with human affairs; and are so in such a way, that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(1 John 1:8) But if we confess our sins, He who washed the disciples’ feet, forgives us our sins even down to our feet, wherewith we hold our converse with earth.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(1 John 1:8) He cleanseth then the clean, i. e. the fruitful, that the cleaner they be, the more fruitful they may be.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For we offend both in word and in thought, and very many things we do worthy of condemnation; and if we say that we have no sin, we lie, as John says.” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8. We deceive ourselves.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XI.9Conference XI
“…we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us;” and again: “If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8, 10.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12Conference XX
“Since it was of these that one of the disciples, whom Jesus loved, declared and laid down absolutely saying: “If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and His word is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8, 10.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.19Conference XXIII
“Finally that chosen Apostle “whom Jesus loved,” who lay on His bosom, uttered this saying as if from the heart of the Lord: “If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
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Tertullian
““If, however,” he says, “we walk in the light, we shall have communion with Him, and the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord purifieth us utterly from every sin.”” — editor's note: Ver. 8, incorrectly.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Thus, moreover, John also in his epistle warns us, and says, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8. [Connect with this, Matt. vi. 15, and compare Freeman on the Principles of Divine Service, vol. i. p. 417.]
Read the whole comment“And again, in his epistle, John lays it down, and says, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8, 9. Oxford editors add: “If we confess our sins, the Lord is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.” [They remind us that this passage is…
Read the whole comment“Also in the Epistle of John: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”” — editor's note: 1 John i. 8.
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Cross-references · 41
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 40 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2631.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XI.9.
Cited together in Of Holy Virginity Chapter 49.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.55.
Cited together in Confessions X.37 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.
Cited together in Confessions X.37.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 40.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 56.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in Confessions X.37.
Cited together in Confessions X.37.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in The City of God XX.25.
Cited together in Catechism §1425 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Catechism §1425.
Cited together in Catechism §2631.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 13:6–11 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 13:6–11 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 13:6–11 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XX.12.
Cited together in The City of God XX.17 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §827.
Cited together in Confessions X.37.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 64.
Cited together in Catechism §827.