1 John 1:10
if we may say — 'we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.
Young's Literal Translation
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
Job 24:25And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;
1 John 2:4he who is saying, 'I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;
1 John 4:4Ye — of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.
2 John 1:2because of the truth that is remaining in us, and with us shall be to the age,
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 →