Robertson Word Pictures - 1 John 1:8 - 1:8

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Robertson Word Pictures - 1 John 1:8 - 1:8


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If we say (ean eipōmen). See 1Jo 1:6.

We have no sin (hamartian ouk echomen). For this phrase see Joh 9:41; Joh 15:22, Joh 15:24. That is, we have no personal guilt, no principle of sin. This some of the Gnostics held, since matter was evil and the soul was not contaminated by the sinful flesh, a thin delusion with which so-called Christian scientists delude themselves today.

We deceive ourselves (heautous planōmen). Present active indicative of planaō, to lead astray. We do not deceive others who know us. Negative statement again of the same idea, “the truth is not in us.”