Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. New Living Translation But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. English Standard Version If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Berean Standard Bible If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Berean Literal Bible If we should confess our sins, He is faithful and just, that He may forgive us our sins and might cleanse us from all unrighteousness. King James Bible If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. New King James Version If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. New American Standard Bible If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. NASB 1995 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. NASB 1977 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Legacy Standard Bible If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Amplified Bible If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose]. Christian Standard Bible If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Holman Christian Standard Bible If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. American Standard Version If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Contemporary English Version But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away. English Revised Version If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. GOD'S WORD® Translation God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins, he forgives them and cleanses us from everything we've done wrong. Good News Translation But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing. International Standard Version If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Majority Standard Bible If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. NET Bible But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. New Heart English Bible If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Webster's Bible Translation If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Weymouth New Testament If we confess our sins, He is so faithful and just that He forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. World English Bible If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionif we may confess our sins, He is steadfast and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness; Berean Literal Bible If we should confess our sins, He is faithful and just, that He may forgive us our sins and might cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Young's Literal Translation if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness; Smith's Literal Translation If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just that he let go sins to us, and cleanse us from all injustice. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity. Catholic Public Domain Version If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity. New American Bible If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. New Revised Standard Version If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But if we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and he will purge us from all our evil. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Godbey New Testament If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous that he may forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Haweis New Testament If we confess our sins, faithful is he and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Mace New Testament if we confess our sins, as he is faithful and just, he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all iniquity. Weymouth New Testament If we confess our sins, He is so faithful and just that He forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Worrell New Testament If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Worsley New Testament If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Walking in the Light…8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.… Cross References Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Luke 15:21-24 The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ / But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. / Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. ... Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, Matthew 6:14-15 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours. Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Psalm 51:1-4 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. / Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. / For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. ... 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. Jeremiah 31:34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” Romans 10:9-10 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved. Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace Daniel 9:4-5 And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. Treasury of Scripture If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. we confess. Leviticus 26:40-42 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; … 1 Kings 8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; 2 Chronicles 6:37,38 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; … he is. Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; Lamentations 3:23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. just. Isaiah 45:21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. and to. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. Psalm 19:12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Psalm 51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Jump to Previous Clean Cleanse Cleanses Confess Faithful Forgive Forgiveness Forgives Making Openly Purify Righteous Sins Stedfast True. Unrighteousness Upright Word WrongJump to Next Clean Cleanse Cleanses Confess Faithful Forgive Forgiveness Forgives Making Openly Purify Righteous Sins Stedfast True. Unrighteousness Upright Word Wrong1 John 1 1. He describes the person of Christ, in whom we have eternal life, by a communion with God;5. to which we must adjoin by walking in the light. If we confess our sins The phrase "If we confess our sins" begins with the conditional "if," indicating a choice and an action required on our part. The Greek word for "confess" is "homologeo," which means to agree with or to acknowledge. This implies a sincere admission of our wrongdoings, not merely a superficial acknowledgment. In the historical context of the early church, confession was a communal and personal act, often done publicly or within a community, reflecting a deep commitment to truth and transparency. The act of confessing is not just about listing sins but involves a heartfelt recognition of our need for God's grace. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Ifἐὰν (ean) Conjunction Strong's 1437: If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. we confess ὁμολογῶμεν (homologōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 3670: From a compound of the base of homou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. sins, ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin. He is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. faithful πιστός (pistos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4103: Trustworthy, faithful, believing. From peitho; objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. just δίκαιος (dikaios) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1342: From dike; equitable; by implication, innocent, holy. to ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. forgive ἀφῇ (aphē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications. us ἡμῖν (hēmin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. [our] τὰς (tas) Article - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sins ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. to cleanse καθαρίσῃ (katharisē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2511: To cleanse, make clean, literally, ceremonially, or spiritually, according to context. From katharos; to cleanse. us ἡμᾶς (hēmas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. all πάσης (pasēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. unrighteousness. ἀδικίας (adikias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 93: Injustice, unrighteousness, hurt. From adikos; injustice; morally, wrongfulness. Links 1 John 1:9 NIV1 John 1:9 NLT 1 John 1:9 ESV 1 John 1:9 NASB 1 John 1:9 KJV 1 John 1:9 BibleApps.com 1 John 1:9 Biblia Paralela 1 John 1:9 Chinese Bible 1 John 1:9 French Bible 1 John 1:9 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins he (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) |
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