Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned. God says we have sinned. He
declares "There is none righteous; no, not one". See Romans 3:10 Ps 14:4.
We make him a liar. Hence, if we affirm that we are sinless, we
make God a liar.
NOTE.--It must be noted that these words concerning sin, found in
1 John 1:8-10, are not addressed to Gentile sinners, but a generation
which had grown up in the church. Indeed, of all the epistles, this is
the only one which can truly be said to have been addressed to a
Christian generation. Hence, it would naturally emphasize, not the
unconverted sinner's need of pardon, but of the Christian's constant
need of a pardoning Savior. It is the Christian who cannot say that he
has no sin, and who must find pardon by confessing his sins to Christ
(Acts 2:38) shows how the alien sinner may obtain remission
(1 John 1:9); shows how the Christian, when he sins, may obtain
remission.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 John 1:10
1 John 1:10
1 John 5:21
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