1 John 1:9
If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous—that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8If we say—Sin, have we none! we are deceiving, ourselves, and, the truth, is not in us.
10If we say—We have not sinned! false, are we making, him, and, his word, is not in us.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:9So then, thou must know that, Yahweh thy God, he, is God,—the faithful GOD, keeping his covenant and his lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations
2 Chronicles 6:37and they come back to their right mind, in the land whither they have been taken captive,—and so turn and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and been lawless;—
Nehemiah 9:2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of the foreigner,—and stood and made confession over their own sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Psalms 19:12Mistakes, who perceiveth? From things that are hidden, acquit me:
Psalms 51:2Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure;
Isaiah 45:21Tell ye—and bring near, Yea let them take counsel, together,—Who let this be known aforetime. In time past, declared it? Was it not, I—Yahweh? And there is none else that is God besides me, A GOD, righteous and ready to save, There is none, besides 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 →