KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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BSB 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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;
Surrounding context — 1 John 1
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐὰνG1437 · eanifὁμολογῶμενG3670 · homologeōto confess/professτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁμαρτίαςG266 · hamartiasinἡμῶν,G3165 · memeπιστόςG4103 · pistosfaithfulἐστινG1510 · eimito beκαὶG2532 · kaiandδίκαιοςG1342 · dikaiosjustἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toἀφῇG863 · aphiēmito release: leaveἡμῖνG3165 · memeτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁμαρτίαςG266 · hamartiasinκαὶG2532 · kaiandκαθαρίσῃG2511 · katharizōto cleanἡμᾶςG3165 · memeἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromπάσηςG3956 · pasallἀδικίας.G93 · adikiaunrighteousness
Cross-references
Psalm 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.Jeremiah 33:8And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.Psalm 51:2-5Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.1 John 1:7But 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.Ezekiel 36:25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)1 Timothy 1:15This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.Nehemiah 1:6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.Ezekiel 37:23Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.1 Corinthians 1:9God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.Lamentations 3:23[They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.Psalm 19:12Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].Deuteronomy 7:9Know 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;Titus 2:14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.Acts 19:18And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.Job 33:27-28He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;Mark 1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
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