1 John 1:10
If we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us.
Catholic Public Domain 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 24:25But, if this is not so, who is able to prove to me that I have lied and to place my words before God?
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts.
1 John 2:4Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 4:4Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
2 John 1:2because the truth which dwells in us shall be with us for eternity.
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 →