8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-10)Here, I. The apostle, having supposed that even those of this heavenly communion have yet their sin, proceeds here to justify that supposition, and this he does by showing the dreadful consequences of denying it, and that in two particulars:—1. If we say, We have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us , 1 John 1:8. We must beware of deceiving ourselves in denying or excusing our…
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