1 John 1:8

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 1:8

no = not (1 John 1:6 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 John 1:8

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 the second false claim John refuted, the first being that of 1 John 1:6. Here the error is that of claiming inherent sinlessness, perfection, the absence of any need of cleansing through the blood of Christ. Such a claim is capable of deceiving the claimant, but not anyone else! Despite the effrontery of such a proposition, entire religions are founded upon just such claims.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 John 1:8

1 John 1:8. 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 solely to the unawakened or unconverted, and having no allusion to the children of God: others, that the first clause signifies If we say that we have not sinned, the present tense being inserted instead of the past. The followers of Dr. John Calvin lay peculiar stress upon these words, as... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

8. The confession of sins is a necessary consequence of "walking in the light" ( :-). "If thou shalt confess thyself a sinner, the truth is in thee; for the truth is itself light. Not yet has thy life become perfectly light, as sins are still in thee, but yet thou hast already begun to be illuminated, because there is in thee confession of sins" [AUGUSTINE]. that we have no sin—"HAVE," not "have had," must refer not to the past sinful life while unconverted, but to the present state wherein... 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 1:8

This second claim (cf. 1 John 1:6) is more serious, and its results are worse: we do not just lie, but we deceive ourselves.If a Christian claims to be enjoying fellowship with God, he may think he is temporarily or permanently entirely sinless. Yet our sinfulness exceeds our consciousness of guilt. We have only a very limited appreciation of the extent to which we sin. We commit sins of thought as well as deed, sins of omission as well as commission, and sins that spring from our nature as... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 John 1:8

1:8 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

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