1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not with us.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 3:16And let his word dwell in you richly, in all wisdom. And teach and admonish yourselves, by psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and with grace in your hearts sing ye unto God.
1 John 2:4For he that saith, I know him, and doth not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 4:4But ye children, are of God; and ye have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.
2 John 1:2for the sake 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 →