1 John 1:10
If we claim we haven't sinned, we turn him into a liar, and his word is not in us.
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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.
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Cross References
Job 24:25If this isn't so, who can prove I'm a liar and there's nothing to what I say?”
Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message fully live in you. In every wise way teach and instruct one another through psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing praises to God in gratitude and sincerity.
1 John 2:4Anyone who says, “I know him,” but doesn't do what he says, is a liar. They don't have the truth.
1 John 4:4But you belong to God, my friends, and you have defeated them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
2 John 1:2because the truth lives in us and will be with us forever.
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 →