1st John Chapter 1 verse 9 Holy Bible
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [our] sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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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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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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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;
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1st John 1 : 9 Bible Verse Songs
- You Are Faithful by
- Hideaway by
- Just a Little Talk With Jesus by
- Living Proof by
- Forgive Me by
- Starts With Me by
- Clean by
- Lord, Have Mercy by
- Softly And Tenderly by
- You Forgave Me by
- Every Alley of My Heart by
- Forgive Me by
- Start Over by
- Let It Out by
- No More by
- A Long Way by
- The Arrow by
- Kyrie Eleison by
- Lord Forgive Me by
- Holy Water by
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - As in verse 7, we have the opposite hypothesis stated, and the thought advanced a stage. Not the exact opposite, "if we confess that we have sin;" but "if we confess our sins." It is easy to say, "I am a sinner;" but if confession is to have value it must state the definite acts of sin. The context ("deceive ourselves... he is faithful") shows that confession at the bar of the conscience and of God is meant. Circumstances must decide whether confession to man is required also, and this St. John neither forbids nor enjoins. Note the asyndeton; there is no δέ, as in verse 7. He is faithful and righteous, Δίκαιος must be rendered "righteous" rather than "just," to mark the contrast with unrighteousness ἀδικίτι, and the connexion with "Jesus Christ the Righteous" (1 John 2:1). To forgive... to cleanse. As explained in verse 7, the one refers to freeing us from the penalties of sin, justification; the other to freeing us from its contamination, sanctification. The sense of purpose is not wholly to be surrendered. No doubt ἵνα, like other particles, becomes weakened in later Greek; but even in later classical Greek the notion of purpose is mixed up with that of consequence. Much more is this the case in the New Testament, and especially in St. John, where what seems to us to be mere result is really design; and this higher aspect of the sequence of facts is indicated by ἵνα. It is God's nature to be faithful and righteous; but it is also his purpose to exhibit these attributes towards us; and this purpose is expressed in ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν.