1 John 1:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 1:8

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Ver. 8. If we say that we have ] If any should be so saucy, or rather silly, as to say with Donatus, Non habeo, Domine, quod ignoscas, I have no sin for Christ to cleanse me from, he is a loud liar, and may very well have the whetstone. St James for his innocent conversation was surnamed Justus; and yet, putting himself into the number, he saith, "For in many things we offend all," James 3:2 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 John 1:8

say: 1 John 1:6, 1 John 1:10, 1 John 3:5, 1 John 3:6, 1 Kings 8:46, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Job 9:2, Job 14:4, Job 15:14, Job 25:4, Psalms 143:2, Proverbs 20:9, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 64:6, Jeremiah 2:22, Jeremiah 2:23, Romans 3:23, James 3:2 we deceive: 1 Corinthians 3:18, Galatians 6:3, 2 Timothy 3:13, James 1:22, James 1:26, 2 Peter 2:13 the truth: 1 John 2:4, 1 Timothy 6:5, 2 John 1:2, 3 John 1:3 Reciprocal: Genesis 12:12 - will kill Genesis 18:15 - denied Genesis 32:10 - not... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 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 — Any child of man, before his blood has cleansed us.We have no sin — To be cleansed from, instead of confessing our sins, 1 John 1:9, the truth is not in us - Neither in our mouth nor in our heart. read more

Daniel Whedon

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

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 1:8

8. If we say As the Nicolaitans (or antinomian Gnostics) do. See notes on Revelation 2:15, and Introduction to this epistle. Have no sin Whether we say by denying we have done wrong, or by affirming that no wrong we commit is sin. Deceive ourselves We are not merely mistaken or deceived, but we are also our own deceivers. We are the deceived and deceivers in one. We have the misfortune to be mistaken, and the guilt of framing the deception by which we mistake. The truth It is not said... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 1:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 John 1:8

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 John 1:8

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

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 1:8

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