1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
In Context
Cross References
Job 24:25And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.
1 John 2:4He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.
1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and ye have overcome them, because greater is he in you than he in the world.
2 John 1:2because of the truth that abides in us, and will be with us into the age.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:9-10
Confession and Forgiveness. ( a. d. 80.) 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Here, I. The apostle, having supposed that even those of this heavenly communion have yet their sin, proceeds here to justify that supposition, and this he does by showing the dreadful… Read the whole commentary →