Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 John 1:8
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.
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.
Verse 8. _IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN_] This is tantamount to 1 John 1:10: _If we say that we have not sinned. All have sinned, and come_ _short of the glory of God_; and therefore every man needs...
IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN - It is not improbable that the apostle here makes allusion to some error which was then beginning to prevail in the church. Some have supposed that the allusion is to th...
II. LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND THE TESTS Chapter S 1:5-2:17 _ 1. God is light; walking in darkness and in light (1 John 1:5)_ 2. What the light manifests (1 John 1:8) 3. The advocacy of Christ to maint...
1 JOHN 1:5 TO 1 JOHN 2:2. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD REQUIRES A RIGHT VIEW OF SIN. 1 John 1:5. Spiritual fellowship depends on moral affinity. Hence since Jesus has declared the holy perfection of God, we ca...
IT WE SAY WE HAVE NO SIN, ETC. If we claim, like the Pharisee, who went up into the temple to pray, that we are just, need no Savior from sin, we deceive ourselves." All men have sinned and come shor...
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, we can rely on him in his righteousness to forgive us our sins and to make us clean from all unr...
THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
NO. not (1 John 1:6)....
_If we say_ See on 1 John 1:6. Doubtless there were some who said so, and more perhaps who thought so; -say" need not mean more than -say in our hearts". S. John's own teaching might easily be misunde...
Consciousness and Confession of Sin 8 10. Walking in the light involves the great blessings just stated, fellowship with God and with our brethren, and a share in the purifying blood of Jesus. But it...
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. God is Light 1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. What Walking in the Light involves This section is largely directed against the Gnostic do
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT 1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. WHAT WALKING IN THE LIGHT INVOLVES This section is largely directed against the Gnostic doct
ἘᾺΝ ΕἼΠΩΜΕΝ. The second of the false professions: see on 1 John 1:6. Some probably did say so, and others thought so: εἴπωμεν need not mean more than ‘say in our hearts.’ Portions of S. John’s own tea...
8–10. CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONFESSION OF SIN 8–10. Walking in the light involves the great blessings just stated,—fellowship with God and with our brethren, and a share in the purifying blood of Jesus....
ΕΪΠΩΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить (_см._ 1 John 1:6). ΈΧΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΧΩ (G2192) иметь. _Praes._, "обладать". He иметь греха значит быть безгрешным, не иметь склонности...
DISCOURSE: 2432 CONFESSION NECESSARY TO FORGIVENESS 1 John 1:8. _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 fo...
IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, &C.— Several commentators of note judge that this text has particular reference to the Gnostics: others give it a more general sense, but still as referring solely to th...
HEREBY WE KNOW PART II 1 John 1:8-10; 1 John 2:1-29 God Is Light. To Walk In The Light Is To Have Fellowship With Him Fellowship Is Tested By Our Sharing of God's Attitude Toward: 1. Personal Guil...
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Confession of sins flows from 'walking in the light' (). 'If thou shall confess thyself a sinner, the truth is in thee...
1 The ministry of John is based upon his personal acquaintance with the Lord in the flesh. Indeed, this was the prime qualification of all the twelve apostles (Act_1:21). They were to bear witness to...
1:8 say (e-3) In all these cases the verb is in the subjunctive, and puts the case of so doing. I should have translated them 'if we should say,' &c., but that it is the case in ver. 9 also, where it...
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIGHT 1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1. In 1 John 1:1 a sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2, is continued in...
DECEIVE OURSELVES] lit. 'lead ourselves astray.'...
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER 1. THE WRITER The letter does not tell us who wrote it. The tradition is that John is the author. John was an *apostle. He was one of...
[2. First Half. God is Light (1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28). (1) STATEMENT OF THE LEADING THOUGHT (1 John 1:5). (2) FIRST INFERENCE: The true fellowship ...
The heresy of Perfectionism. Some might not say, with the Antinomians, that they were absolved from the obligation of the moral law, but they maintained that they were done with sin, had no more sinfu...
The Message of the Incarnation and the Duty which it brings. “And this is the message which we have heard from Him and are announcing to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him there is none. If w...
FELLOWSHIP IN THE LIGHT 1 John 1:1 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 i...
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...
THE CHRISTIAN AND SIN Some evidently claimed to be above sin. They may have said, "We are spiritual and cannot sin." Today, some teach the doctrine of salvation by faith only, which likewise implies o...
(5) If we say that we have no sin, we (e) deceive ourselves, and the (f) truth is not in us. (5) There is none but need this benefit, because there is none that is not a sinner. (e) This fully refut...
Not that we say or pretend we have no sin; [4] thus truth would not be in us, and we should even make God a liar, who has declared all mankind guilty of sin. We were all born guilty of original sin; w...
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we...
_HOLINESS AND THE ATONEMENT_ ‘But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.’ 1 John 1:7 T...
_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 u...
8._If we say. _He now commends grace from its necessity; for as no one is free from sin, he intimates that we are all lost and undone, except the Lord comes to our aid with the remedy of pardon. The r...
The Epistle of John has a peculiar character. It is eternal life manifested in Jesus, and imparted to us the life which was with the Father, and which is in the Son. It is in this life that believers...
IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN,.... Notwithstanding believers are cleansed from their sins by the blood of Christ, yet they are not without sin; no man is without sin: this is not only true of all men,...
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, Domi...
_If we say_ Before Christ's blood has cleansed us; _that we have no sin_ To be cleansed from; or if, even after we have experienced the cleansing virtue of his blood, and are acquitted through the mer...
SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN; that we are without sin, and need no forgiveness. Men who think they are now sinless are deceived; and those who say they have not sinned, commit aggravated sin by treating Go...
IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US....
Sin and its forgiveness:...
Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Person...
5-10 A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is the...
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 t...
Tertullian On Modesty If we confess our sins, faithful and just is He to remit them to us, and utterly purify us from every unrighteousness."[243] Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms And again,...
1 John 1:8 If G1437 say G2036 (G5632) that G3754 have G2192 (G5719) no G3756 sin G266 deceive...
‘ 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 aw...
First the apostle announces his message that God is light and only light (1 John 1:5). Then follows (down to chap. 1 John 2:2) a universal statement of the evangelical conditions of fellowship with Hi...
1 John 1:8-9. IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. Another ‘if we say,' strictly co-ordinate with the preceding; the phrases here being variations upon thos...
IF WE SAY (εαν ειπωμεν). See verse 1 John 1:6.WE HAVE NO SIN (αμαρτιαν ουκ εχομεν). For this phrase see John 9:41; John 15:22; John 15:24. That i...
1 John 1:8 I. The Apostle declares that the imagination of our sinlessness is an inward lie. The particular causes of this delusion will vary with every variety of individual character. Every temptati...
1 John 1:8 I. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." It is not deliberate falseness that we are here warned against, but a far more subtle form of falsehood...
1 John 1:8 Divine Justice and Pardon Reconciled. There are two extreme tendencies in human sentiment respecting God from which a devout and thoughtful heart shrinks with equal repugnance: a religion...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;_ The fact that Chris...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;_ You know who that is...
May that Divine Spirit, who inspired every word of this wonderful letter, bless it to all our hearts as we read it! 1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have...
CONTENTS: Fellowship with God made possible through the incarnation. Conditions of perpetual fellowship walking in the light and confessing sins. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John. CONCLUSION: Fellowship...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning._ We have before observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. _L'ETRE Suprê...
THAT WE HAVE NO SIN. Some were making the claim that they had no sins at all because they had reached perfection in this life! What they actually were doing was to say that the gospel allowed them to...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:8 HAVE NO SIN. See note on 3:9–10. WE DECEIVE OURSELVES. Some sin remains in every Christian’s life (“have” is present tense)....
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:5 “God is light” (v. 1 John 1:5) reflects the OT, where “light” symbolizes both knowledge and purity (see notes on John 1:4–5;...
THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF S. JOHN.. CHAPTER 1 VER. 1. _That which was from the beginning_, &c. The beginning of this Epistle corresponds with the beginning of St. John's Gospel. Both here and the...
CHAPTER 5 Ver. 1. _Every one that believeth_, with a living faith, which extends itself to charity, and worketh by love, _that Jesus is the Christ_, i.e., the Messiah, the Saviour and Redeemer of the...
_And there are three which give witness in earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood. Three_ (_tres_ in the _masc_.). He might have said _tria_ in the _neuter_, for the Greek _πνευ̃μα ϋδως αίμα_, ar...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 1:5.—The first part of the epistle begins here. It is directed against the Gnostic teaching, that to a man of enlightenment all conduct is morally indifferent. I...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 1:1 1. THE INTRODUCTION. It declares the writer's authority, based on personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to which this Epistle forms a companion; and...
Shall we turn to 1 John. Why did John write this epistle? In chapter one, verse four, he tells us, "These things write we unto that your joy may full." So that you might have the fullness of joy. Do y...
1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 1:10; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 3:5;...
That we have no sin. %Oti that, may be taken merely as a mark of quotation : "If we say, sin we have not." On the phrase to have sin, see on John 16:22, and compare have fellowship, ver. 3. Sin [α μ α...
THE CHRIST CHAPTER 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:1 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 E...
IF WE SAY, we apostles, we cannot say we are free from sin; much less can the proud Gnostics say so, who suppose and assert themselves to be in. state of perfection; and observe, he doth not say, If w...