1 John 1:8

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 John 1:1-99

1John 1 WE MUST NOT confound “from the beginning” with the words, “In the beginning,” with which the Gospel opens. There, the eternal existence and deity of the Word is stated, and we travel back to the beginning, and even beyond the beginning, of all things that can be said to have had a beginning. Here, we are concerned with the fact that all Christian truth begins with the revelation which reached us in Christ incarnate. That was the beginning of the true manifestation of God and of life... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 John 1:8-10

Sin and its forgiveness: v. 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. v. 9. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. v. 10. 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 idea which is held by many people to this day, namely, that they can attain to such a perfect state in... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 John 1:8-10

3. Second Inference.—Perception and Confession of Sins1 John 1:8-108If we say that we have no19 sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.20 9If We confess our sins, he is faithful and just21 to forgive us our sins,22 and to cleanse23 us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not sinned; we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALConnection.—The structure of these verses is unmistakably the same as that of those immediately preceding them:... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 John 1:1-10

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 very body in which Deity tabernacled. It was too great a bliss to be enjoyed alone, and John tells us that we may enter into the same close partnership with the Father and the Son. But no impurity or insincerity is permissible to those who enter that fellowship. Our one aim should be to maintain such a... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 John 1:1-10

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 with Christ. The whole fact of the mission of our Lord is declared to be a manifestation of eternal life. Concerning this John wrote, 'We have heard," "we have seen," "we beheld," "our hands handled." The purpose of the manifestation was to bring men into fellowship with God. Through the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 John 1:2-10

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 of the First Epistle of John. In the Gospel we read, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." It goes on to say that the Word was made manifest. The Epistle says, "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 1:8-9

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS‘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 just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’ 1 John 1:8-1 Samuel : The world which is around you hides from your eyes the world which is within—and when you think of sin at all, you do but remember some wrong thing which you have done, and you forget this dark and deadly poison which is hidden deep within. You... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary 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.’ Those who are His are very much aware of sin, the sin that plagues their hearts and lives and seeks to draw them away from His ways. For the truth is that if we are His the light of God will shine on the hearts of His own, revealing to us our sinfulness. But it will also bring home to us Christ as our Saviour and Lord. And being such men we will never doubt our own sinfulness as we are in ourselves. This ‘sin’... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 1:5-10

1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:2 . Fellowship with God Requires a Right View of Sin. 1 John 1:5-2 Samuel : . Spiritual fellowship depends on moral affinity. Hence since Jesus has declared the holy perfection of God, we cannot truthfully claim fellowship with Him, and at the same time be habitually committing sin. Only as we Christians constantly aim to be like God have we fellowship with Him and with one another, our sinfulness being cleansed by the blood of Christ. To deny that we are sinful or... read more

Matthew Poole

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

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 to the contrary apprehension; such as is implied in confessing, 1 John 1:9; for saying usually signifies the habitual bent and disposition of the heart and practice, Job 21:14; Jeremiah 22:21. That we have no sin; viz. that we are so innocent creatures as not to need such an expiatory sacrifice as that... read more

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