1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Thomas Haweis 1795 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 word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing with grace in your heart unto the Lord.
1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and in him the truth is not.
1 John 4:4Ye are of God, my dear children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.
2 John 1:2because of the truth which abideth in us, and 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 →