1 John 1:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ”

1 John 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we say that we have no sin - It is not improbable that the apostle here makes allusion to some error which was then beginning to prevail in the church. Some have supposed that the allusion is...
1 John 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) If we say that we have no sin, we (e) deceive ourselves, and the (f) truth is not in us. (5) There is none but need this benefit, because there is none that is not a sinner. (e) This fully refu...
1 John 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

no . not ( 1 John 1:6 ).
1 John 1:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. If we say. He now commends grace from its necessity; for as no one is free from sin, he intimates that we are all lost and undone, except the Lord comes to our aid with the remedy of pard...
1 John 1:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2432 CONFESSION NECESSARY TO FORGIVENESS 1 John 1:8-9 . If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: if we confess our sins, he is faithful and jus...
1 John 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we say that we have no sin - This is tantamount to 1 John 1:10 : If we say that we have not sinned. All have sinn...
1 John 1:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If we say that we have no sin, &c.— Several commentators of note judge that this text has particular reference to the Gnostics: others give it a more general sense, but still as referring solel...
1 John 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Confession of sins flows from 'walking in the light' ( 1 John 1:7 ). 'If thou shall confess thyself a sinner, th...
1 John 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HOLINESS AND THE ATONEMENT ‘But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.’ 1 John 1:7...
1 John 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If we say that we have no sin ,.... Notwithstanding believers are cleansed from their sins by the blood of Christ, yet they are not without sin; no man is without sin: this is not only true of all m...
1 John 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Ver. 8. If we say that we have ] If any should be so saucy, or rather silly, as to say with Donatus, Non habeo, D...
1 John 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In pursance of which scope, he fitly adds: If we should say, i.e. either profess it as a principle, or think in our minds, or not bear in our hearts a penitential, remorseful sense, correspondent...
1 John 1:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.' Those who are His are very much aware of sin, the sin that plagues their hearts and lives and seeks to draw them a...
1 John 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 1:8 I. The Apostle declares that the imagination of our sinlessness is an inward lie. The particular causes of this delusion will vary with every variety of individual character. Every temp...
1 John 1:8 - 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; You know who that...
1 John 1:8 - 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 1:8 - 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 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:18 ; 1 John 1:10 ; 1 John 1:6 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 3:5 ; 1 John 3:6 ; 1 Kings 8:46 ; 1 Timothy 6:5 ; 2 Chronicles 6:36 ; 2 John 1:2 ; 2 Peter 2:13 ; 2 Timothy 3:13 ; 3 J...
1 John 1:8 - 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 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If we say — Any child of man, before his blood has cleansed us. We have no sin — To be cleansed from, instead of confessing our sins, 1 John 1:9 , the truth is not in us — Neither in our mouth nor...

1 John 1:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 1:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 1:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 John 1:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 1:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 1:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 1:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 1:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 1:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 1:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 John 1:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 1:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 1:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 1:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 1:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 1:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 1:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 1:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 1:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 1:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 1:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 1:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes