1 John 1:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. ”

1 John 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we say that we have not sinned - In times that are past. Some perhaps might be disposed to say this; and as the apostle is careful to guard every point, he here states that if a man should tak...
1 John 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him (i) a liar, and his (k) word is not in us. (7) A repeat of the former verse, in which he condemned all of sin without exception: so much so that if...
1 John 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:2 . Fellowship with God Requires a Right View of Sin. 1 John 1:5-10 . Spiritual fellowship depends on moral affinity. Hence since Jesus has declared the holy perfection...
1 John 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sinned . App-128. liar . See 1 John 5:10 ; John 8:44 . word . App-121.
1 John 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 We make him a liar He goes still further, that they who claim purity for themselves blaspheme God. For we see that he everywhere represents the whole race of man as guilty of sin. Who...
1 John 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
1 John 1:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If we say that we have not sinned, &c.— "If, after all, we assert that we have not transgressed the law of God, so as to need pardon through the Blood, and sanctification by the Spirit of Chris...
1 John 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Parallel to 1 John 1:8 . We have not sinned - commission of actual sins, even after regeneration and conv...
1 John 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fellowship with God in Light 1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1-3 . In 1 John 1:1 a sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2 , is continued in 1 John 1...
1 John 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[2. First Half. God is Light ( 1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28 ). (1) STATEMENT OF THE LEADING THOUGHT ( 1 John 1:5 ). (2) FIRST INFERENCE: The true fellowship ( 1 John 1:6-7 ); the Christian must...
1 John 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fellowship in the Light 1 John 1:1-10 As the aged Apostle began to write he was living over again his first happy experiences with the Savior. He heard the voice, saw the person, touched the ve...
1 John 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is possibly the last apostolic message to the whole Church. It is complementary to the Gospel of John. Its subject is fellowship with God, into which believers are introduced through their union...
1 John 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, w...
1 John 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If we say that we have not sinned ,.... Have never sinned, in time past as well as now; deny original sin, and that men are born in sin, but affirm they come into the world pure and holy; and assert...
1 John 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Ver. 10. We make him a liar ] For the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, Romans 11:32 . See Trapp on " Ro...
1 John 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If we say Before Christ's blood has cleansed us; that we have no sin To be cleansed from; or if, even after we have experienced the cleansing virtue of his blood, and are acquitted through the me...
1 John 1:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Perso...
1 John 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confession and Forgiveness. A. D. 80. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,...
1 John 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If we say that we have not sinned: see 1 John 1:8,9 . We make him a liar; which they make him that believe not his word, 1 John 5:10 , expressly charging all men with sin, Romans 3:19,23...
1 John 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.' John once again returns to the question of those who declare themselves in no need of forgiveness. They, he says,...
1 John 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 1:5 .—The first part of the epistle begins here. It is directed against the Gnostic teaching, that to a man of enlightenment all conduct is morally indifferen...
1 John 1:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 1:8-10 I. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." It is not deliberate falseness that we are here warned against, but a far more subtle form of fa...
1 John 1:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 1:1 . That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; The fact that Ch...
1 John 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:1 . That which was from the beginning. We have before observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. L'ETRE Su...
1 John 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 1:1-62 1. THE INTRODUCTION . It declares the writer's authority, based on personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to which this Epistle forms...
1 John 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Sin and its forgiveness:
1 John 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:8 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 4:4 ; 1 John 5:10 ; 2 John 1:2 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Job 24:25 ; Psalms 130:3
1 John 1:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Christ Chapter 1 John 1:2-10 ; 1 John 2:1-2 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter o...
1 John 1:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yet still we are to retain, even to our lives' end, a deep sense of our past sins. Still if we say, we have not sinned, we make him a liar — Who saith, all have sinned. And his word is not in us —...

1 John 1:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 1:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 1:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 1:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 1:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 1:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 1:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 1:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 1:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 1:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 1:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 1:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 1:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 1:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 1:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 1:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 1:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 1:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 1:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes