Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 1:6
6. If we say The errorists who say this are never, in this epistle, far out of John’s sight. Thrice in this brief summary does he allude to them with an if we say. Fellowship with him… walk in darkness The vital heresy of the errorists; claiming that divine communion is perfectly compatible with wicked conduct; professing that they “know God,” and are thereby relieved from all obligation to do right. We lie It is a guilty error, not a mere mistake. We say it in order to claim... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 1:5-10
A preliminary summary of the entire epistle, 1 John 1:5-10. Our apostle now summarizes the substance of his message or epistle, by unfolding the true Christian doctrine of purity from sin in opposition to the errorists’ theory of purity in sin. God is absolute purity, and the only method of coming into oneness with his purity is, by absolute confession of sins, repentance, the atonement, the pardon, and the sanctification. Every other method is a fatal falsehood. read more