1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Darby Translation
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 24:25If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Colossians 3:16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
1 John 2:4He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
1 John 4:4*Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.
2 John 1:2for the truth's sake which abides in us and shall be with us to 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 →