Sinlessness
Two sentences from John sit close together and seem to pull apart. “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,” he writes, and later, “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin.” Christians have read these differently: some take the second as a settled direction of life rather than a flawless record, and others hope for a far fuller cleansing in this life. Paul prays for a church to be kept “blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”, and Peter urges arming ourselves with the mind of Christ. Read 1 John 1:8-10 beside 1 John 3:6-9.
13 verses
Psalms
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Acts
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Philippians
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
1 Thessalonians
To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 John
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.