1 John 1:9-10 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 1:10

Once more we have no mere repetition, but a fresh thought. "We have not sin" ( 1 John 1:8 ) refers to our natural condition; "we have not sinned" ( 1 John 1:10 ) refers to definite acts. Note the climax: we lie ( 1 John 1:6 ); we lead ourselves utterly astray ( 1 John 1:8 ): we make God a liar ( 1 John 1:10 ). The whole of God's dealing with man since the Fall, especially in the Incarnation, is based on the fact of man's innate sinfulness. To deny this fact, therefore, is to charge... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins - Pardon in the Scriptures, always supposes that there is confession, and there is no promise that it will be imparted unless a full acknowledgment has been made. Compare Psalms 51:0; Psalms 32:1-11;; Luke 15:18 ff; Luke 7:41 ff; Proverbs 28:13.He is faithful - To his promises. He will do what he has assured us he will do in remitting them.And just to forgive us our sins - The word “just” here cannot be used in a strict and proper sense, since the forgiveness of sins is... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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 take the ground that his past life had been wholly upright, it would prove that he had no true religion. The statement here respecting the past seems to prove that when, in 1 John 1:8, he refers to the present - “if we say we have no sin” - he meant to say that if a man should claim to be perfect, or to be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 1:8-10

1 John 1:8-10. 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 merit of it from all past guilt, and saved from all evil tempers, words, and works; if, even after this, after we are both justified, regenerated, and sanctified, we say we have no sin, but are perfectly sinless, and that our spirit and conduct can bear the scrutiny of God’s... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:1-10

1:1-2:17 LIVING IN THE LIGHTFellowship with God (1:1-2:6)In the opening few words of his letter, John states clearly certain facts about Jesus Christ that are basic to Christianity. Jesus Christ is the eternal God and he became a real man whom John and his fellow apostles have seen, heard and touched (1:1-2). John’s joy will be complete if he knows that he and his readers share together in the eternal life that comes to them through Jesus Christ. This life unites them to one another as well as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 1:9

faithful . App-150 . just . App-191 . to . Greek. hina, as in 1 John 1:3 . Literally in order that He might forgive. forgive . App-174 . unrighteousness . App-128 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.If we confess our sins ... To whom shall sins be confessed? Certainly, the usual concept of a confessional in a church, where confession is a one-way street, is not what is meant here. Macknight paraphrased this: "If we confess our sins to God with a firm resolution to forsake them, etc." In any confession to other Christians, a mutual confession of sins "to one another" would... read more

James Burton Coffman

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 1:9

1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, &c.— "If, on the other hand, we, under a humbling sense of our imperfections and many disallowed failures, acknowledge our transgressionstotheLord,andconfessthemwithfaithinChrist'spropitiatorysacrifice for the forgiveness of them, he is so true and faithful to his promise to the Redeemer, and to those that believe in him (Isaiah 53:11.Hebrews 8:12; Hebrews 8:12.); and is so just to the merit of his Blood (Romans 3:26.), as for his sake freely to pardon... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 1:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:9

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 1:8-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:1-10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 John 1:9

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:9

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