1 John 1:10
If we say, "We have not sinned," we are making him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Montgomery 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 have its home in you richly, in all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, ever singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
1 John 2:4He who says, "I know Him," but does no continue obeying his commandments, is a liar,
1 John 4:4My little children, you are of God and have conquered them; because he that is within you is greater than he that is in the world.
2 John 1:2I love you for the sake of the truth which is abiding 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 →