1 John 1:10
Yf we saye we have not sinned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs.
Tyndale New Testament
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
Colossians 3:16Let the worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome. Teache and exhorte youre awne selves in psalmes and hymnes and spretuall songes which have favour with them syngynge in youre hertes to the lorde.
1 John 2:4He that sayth I knowe him and kepeth not his commaundementes is a lyar and the veritie is not in him.
1 John 4:4Lytell chyldren ye are of God and have overcome them: for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde.
2 John 1:2for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shalbe in vs 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 →