1 John 1:10
If we deny that we have sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Message has no place in our hearts.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace in your hearts to God.
1 John 2:4He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.
1 John 4:4As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
2 John 1:2for the sake of the truth which is continually in our hearts and will 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 →