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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Study Note
The promise — 'if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness' — has become one of the most frequently quoted texts in Christian pastoral care and the theology of repentance. The pairing of 'faithful and just' (pistos kai dikaios) as the grounds for forgiveness is theologically precise: God forgives not arbitrarily but in accordance with his covenant faithfulness (pistos) and the completed atonement of Christ (dikaios — just, because the claim against sin has been met). The double object — 'forgive our sins' and 'cleanse us from all unrighteousness' — covers both the guilt and the moral stain of sin, addressing both the relational and the characterological dimensions. The verse functions within 1 John 1's framework as the practical outworking of walking in the light (verse 7): honest confession is the behavioral expression of communal transparency before God.
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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;
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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