1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is so faithful and just that He forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
10If we deny that we have sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Message has no place in our hearts.
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 →