1 John 1:10
And if we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 3:16whose word shall dwell in you abundantly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves in psalms and in hymns and in songs of the Spirit, and with grace sing with your hearts unto Aloha.
1 John 2:4For he who saith that he knoweth him, and his commandments keepeth not, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 4:4But you of Aloha are the children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is with you, than he who is in the world.
2 John 1:2on account of the truth which abideth in us, and is 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 →