1 John 1:9
But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us.
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In Context
8If we claim to be sinless we only fool ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
10If we claim we haven't sinned, we turn him into a liar, and his word is not in us.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:9That's why you can be sure that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps his agreement based on trustworthy love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
2 Chronicles 6:37But if they think again in their land of captivity and repent and plead for mercy from you, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly,’
Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite ancestry separated themselves from the foreigners, and stood to confess their sins and those of their forefathers.
Psalms 19:12Who's aware of their own mistakes? Don't punish me for these faults I'm unaware of.
Psalms 51:2Wash away all my guilt; cleanse me from my sin.
Isaiah 45:21Discuss this together, and then speak up, present your case. Who predicted this long ago? Who said what would happen in the future back in the past? Wasn't that me, the Lord? There is no other God except me, no other God who does what is right, and who saves. There is no God apart from me.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 1:9-10
Confession and Forgiveness. ( a. d. 80.) 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. Here, I. The apostle, having supposed that even those of this heavenly communion have yet their sin, proceeds here to justify that supposition, and this he does by showing the dreadful… Read the whole commentary →