1 John 1:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 1:10

sinned . App-128 . liar . See 1 John 5:10 . John 8:44 . word . App-121 . read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.If we say ... These repeated expressions (1 John 1:6,8,10) indicate the principal stream of the apostle's thought in this section. He is still dealing with evil heresies that had encroached upon the Christian fellowship.If we say that we have not sinned ... This is the most blatant and offensive of all the false theories. "To go to the length of denying past sin and present guilt, is not only to becloud ourselves... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:10

1 John 1:10. 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 Christ, we, in effect, make God himself a liar; as we therein deny the truth of what he has said in his word, which pronounces upon the whole race of mankind, that all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23.); and we thereby shew that the truth of the gospel has no place... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

10. Parallel to :-. we have not sinned—referring to the commission of actual sins, even after regeneration and conversion; whereas in 1 John 1:8, "we have no sin," refers to the present GUILT remaining (until cleansed) from the actual sins committed, and to the SIN of our corrupt old nature still adhering to us. The perfect "have . . . sinned" brings down the commission of sins to the present time, not merely sins committed before, but since, conversion. we make him a liar—a gradation; 1 John... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:5-11

II. LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD 1:5-2:11"Since the apostle’s expressed concern is that his readers might have fellowship with the apostolic circle and thus also with the Father and the Son (1 John 1:3), it is reasonable to specify what this fellowship is really like. So, as an introductory section to his epistle, John discusses the nature of true fellowship with God" [Note: Idem, The Epistles . . ., p. 57.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 John 1:10

The false claim here is that the sin we have committed is not really sin. This is the third and most serious charge (cf. 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:8). It puts God’s revelation of sin aside and makes man the authority for what is and what is not sin. This claim says God is wrong in His judgment of man and is therefore a liar. The claimant dismisses His Word as invalid (e.g., Psalms 14:3; Isaiah 53:6; John 2:24-25; Romans 3:23).Each of these three false claims in 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 1:10 is... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 John 1:10

1:10 say (e-3) In all these cases the verb is in the subjunctive, and puts the case of so doing. I should have translated them 'if we should say,' &c., but that it is the case in ver. 9 also, where it cannot be done. read more

John Dummelow

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

Fellowship with God in Light1. 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 1:3. The sense is, ’We declare unto you that which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, etc., concerning the Word of Life.’ From the beginning] cp. John 1:1. Heard.. handled] the evidence of eyewitness. The Docetists taught that Christ was a mere phantom: cp. Luke 24:39. Of the Word of life] RV... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 John 1:5-10

[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 not sin.(3)SECOND INFERENCE: Confession of sins (1 John 1:8-10); the Christian must not conceal his sin.(4)THIRD INFERENCE: Remedy for sins (1 John 2:1-2).(5)OBEDIENCE THE SIGN OF WALKING IN LIGHT (1 John 2:3-8).(6)ESPECIALLY BROTHERLY LOVE (1 John 2:9-10).(7)THE THINGS THEY MUST NOT LOVE IF THEY WALKED IN THE LIGHT... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 John 1:1-10

1 John 1:1 The ancient philosophers, too, spoke of a wise man who was the type and exemplar of all goodness, about whom strange paradoxes were affirmed that he was a king, that he might be happy on the rack, and the like. This was their mode of describing philosophy. But they never supposed that Socrates or Chrysippus, or any other great teacher, really fulfilled this ideal. They did not 'see with their eyes,' nor 'touch with their hands,' the Word of Life. Nevertheless the Greek ideal, which... read more

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