Contradiction with Romans 3:10
This verse states that no one is righteous, which contrasts with the call to purity in 1 John 3:3.
Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Contradiction with Romans 3:23
This verse declares that all have sinned, contradicting the idea of being pure in 1 John 3:3.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20
This verse says there is not a just man on earth that does good and does not sin, which opposes the notion of purity in 1 John 3:3.
Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9
This verse describes the heart as deceitful and wicked, conflicting with the purification version of 1 John 3:3.
Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
This verse states that all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, contradicting the purity aspired to in 1 John 3:3.
Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.