1 John 1:10
If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.
Bible in Basic English
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 is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
1 John 2:4The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
1 John 4:4You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
2 John 1:2Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:
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 →