Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
If we say (ean eipwmen). As in verses I John 1:6, I John 1:8.
We have not sinned (oux amarthkamen). Perfect active indicative of amartanw. This is a denial of any specific acts of sin, while in verse I John 1:8 we have the denial of the principle of sin. David Smith observes that the claim to personal perfectionism has two causes, one the stifling of conscience in making God a liar (yeusthn, the word used of the devil by Jesus in John 8:44), and the other ignorance of God's word, which is not in us, else we should not make such a claim.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 John 1:10:
John 5:38
John 8:44
1 John 2:1
1 John 2:4
1 John 2:22
1 John 4:20
1 John 5:10
Revelation 2:24
Revelation 3:9
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