1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
American Standard 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 nothing worth?
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
1 John 4:4Ye are of God, [my] little 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 abideth in us, and it shall 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 →