Three separate verses, with Three separate applications.
Determining the application....ALL HANGS ON the CAVEAT of ..... IF
1 John 1:8
IF we claim “to BE WITHOUT sin”.....does not apply to the OP.
1 John 1:9
IF we “confess OUR sins”....(is acknowledging one has SIN, and 1 John 1:8 DOES NOT APPLY to a person)....nor does it apply to the OP
1 John 1:10
IF we claim we “HAVE NOT SINNED”....(is one denying he HAS COMMITTED SIN, and DOES NOT APPLY to a 1 John 1:9 confessing person)....nor does it apply to the OP
The OP Title, is neither CLAIMING;
TO BE....without sin, confessing sin, or have not sinned.
The OP Title, IS Claiming, IF a person is identifying themselves as a CHRISTIAN, they ARE “THEREFORE” NOT “COMMITTERS OF SIN”.
^ Scripture says no such thing.
1 John 1:8....”WITHOUT SIN”....Every earthly body HAS SIN.
....Some bodys have forgiven and covered sin.
....Some bodys have sin that is Not forgiven or covered.
1 John 1:9....”CONFESS OUR SINS”....First requires a person to acknowledge they HAVE SIN, HAVE COMMITTED SIN...thus the Scripture says SIN(S).
....Some people HAVE acknowledged their SIN(S), and asked for Forgiveness.
....Some people HAVE NOT acknowledged their SIN(S), nor asked for Forgiveness.
...THE MAJORITY of people on this Forum, have REVEALED, they acknowledged their SIN(S) and ASKED for Forgiveness.
....SOME others on this Forum, have REVEALED, they acknowledge their SIN(S) and ASKED for Forgiveness, BUT THAT THEY CONTINUE TO SIN, and REPEATEDLY ASK FOR FORGIVENESS....which means, the last portion of
1 John 1:9 does NOT apply to them...being purified from ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
* IF they had been PURIFIED FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS...
Hasn’t that purification FROM ALL unrighteousness, MADE the man Righteous?
Does a Righteous man COMMIT SIN?
Or DID the “purification” (works of God), FAIL?
NOT in harmony with Scripture ^
Does a Title ie Christian, (as in the OP), make a man NOT a committer of SIN? No
