1 John 1:10

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

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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 ev...
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 condemne...
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. H...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sinned . App-128. liar . See 1 John 5:10 ; John 8:44 . word . App-121.
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 represen...
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].
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 th...
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 - commissio...
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 pare...
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 tr...
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....
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS Reader! You and I may well enter upon this blessed portion of God with prayer. And surely, under divine teaching, we shall end it in pra...
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...
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...
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 vir...
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 wit...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confession and Forgiveness. A. D. 80. 8 If...
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 , expr...
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 the...
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...
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 her...
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 hav...
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 pr...
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-...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Sin and its forgiveness:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us. What St. John here discusses is the heresy of perfectionism, the...
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 cha...
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 sa...

¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 1:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 John 1:10