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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
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NO. not (1 John 1:6)....
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_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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DECEIVE OURSELVES] lit. 'lead ourselves astray.'...
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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...
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[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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS
NOT IN US....
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Sin and its forgiveness:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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1 John 1:8 If G1437 say G2036 (G5632) that G3754 have G2192 (G5719) no
G3756 sin G266 deceive...
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‘ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)....
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 1:10; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 3:5;...
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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...
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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...
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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 o...
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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...