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1Jn 1:8. Ἁμαρτίαν, sin) There is an opposition between those who say, We have no sin, and those who confess their sins (plural). He is therefore speaking of actual sins, which flow from original sin. In proportion as each person has contracted less or more, so he deems it necessary to confess less or more; Pro 28:13; and that either respecting the past, 1Jn 1:10, or the present, 1Jn 1:8. John comprises in his discourses all to whom that declaration comes, both good and bad; without distinction, according to their measure. But there were even then some who extenuated sin, and therefore also disparaged grace.-ἡ ἀλήθεια, the truth) John often comprises faith also together with the notion of truth: ch. 1Jn 2:4. אמת and אמונה are conjugate words.-οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν, is not in us) is not in our heart, and therefore not in our mouth. The fault is in us; is ours: the glory belongs to God: 1Jn 1:9.