Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 1:10
10. This concluding verse is added, as parallel and completing to 1 John 1:8, in order to emphasize the fact that not only is the denial of sin as a state, but of sin as an actual commission and practice in the past, flagrantly false. Have not sinned The applying this to the Christian (as Alford and Huther) is, as above on 1 John 1:8, clearly erroneous. If the supposition be that the Christian says, I have not sinned since my conversion, no sensible Christian ever said that, and the... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 1:9
9. If In 1 John 1:7 St. John, beginning with the final result of unity with the divine light, ends with the instrument by which that unity is accomplished, namely, Christ. He now states the condition, once for all, by which that instrumentality becomes available, namely, reliant confession of our sins in view of the blood. That is, the flinging ourselves as confessed sinners upon Christ and his propitiation for pardon and purity. Confess our sins Confess not only that we have done wrong,... read more