1 John 1:8-9

1599 Geneva Bible

Footnotes

1. 1 John 1:8 There is none but needeth this benefit, because there is none that is not a sinner.
2. 1 John 1:8 This place doth fully refute that perfectness, and works of supererogation which the Papists dream of.
3. 1 John 1:8 So then John speaketh not thus for modesty’s sake, as some say, but because it is so indeed.
4. 1 John 1:9 Therefore the beginning of salvation is to acknowledge our wickedness, and to require pardon from him who freely forgiveth all sins, because he hath promised so to do, and he is faithful and just.
5. 1 John 1:9 So then our salvation hangeth upon the free promise of God, who because he is faithful and just, will perform that which he hath promised.
6. 1 John 1:9 Where are then our merits? for this is our true felicity.