Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Holman Bible
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive
International Standard Version
If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
A Conservative Version
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from every unrighteousness.
American Standard Version
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Amplified
If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose].
An Understandable Version
[But] if we confess our sins [to God], He is faithful [to His promise] and righteous [in His judgment], and will forgive us of those sins and cleanse us from all of our wrongdoing.
Anderson New Testament
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Daniel Mace New Testament
if we confess our sins, as he is faithful and just, he will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all iniquity.
Darby Translation
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Godbey New Testament
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous that he may forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Goodspeed New Testament
If we acknowledge our sins, he is upright and can be depended on to forgive our sins and cleanse us from everything wrong.
John Wesley New Testament
If we confess our sins, he is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Julia Smith Translation
If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just that he let go sins to us, and cleanse us from all injustice.
King James 2000
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, so that he will forgive us [our] sins and will cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Modern King James verseion
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If we knowledge our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Moffatt New Testament
if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, he forgives our sins and cleanses us from all iniquity;
Montgomery New Testament
But if we confess our sins, faithful is he and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all wrong-doing.
New Heart English Bible
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Noyes New Testament
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Sawyer New Testament
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
The Emphasized Bible
If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous - that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
If we confess our sins, faithful is he and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Twentieth Century New Testament
If we confess our sins, God may be trusted, in his righteousness, to forgive us our sins and purify us from all wickedness.
Webster
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Weymouth New Testament
If we confess our sins, He is so faithful and just that He forgives us our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
Williams New Testament
If we confess our sins, He is to be depended on, since He is just, to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from every wrong.
World English Bible
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Worrell New Testament
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Worsley New Testament
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness:
Youngs Literal Translation
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;
Themes
Cleanness » Who will be cleansed from sin
Confession » The reward for confessing sin
Confession of sin » Encouraged
Confession of sin » Followed by pardon
God, Faithfulness of » Manifested » In forgiving sins
Forgiveness » Who shall be forgiven
God's Promises » Of mercy » Of pardon
God, Justice of » Exhibited in » Forgiving sins
Pardon » Is granted » To those who confess their sins
Pardon » Exhibits the » Justice of God
Pardon » Exhibits the » Faithfulness of God
Sin » Confession of » Encouraged
Sin » Those that say they have no sin
Interlinear
Pistos
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
hemin
ἡμᾶς
hemas
Usage: 170
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 John 1:9
Devotionals containing 1 John 1:9
References
Morish
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 1:9
Prayers for 1 John 1:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Light, So Walk In The Light
8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.
Cross References
Psalm 32:5
Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, "I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord." And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)
Proverbs 28:13
The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Psalm 51:2-5
Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
Jeremiah 33:8
I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me.
Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
Nehemiah 1:6
may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed against you -- both I myself and my family have sinned.
Job 33:27-28
That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
Romans 3:26
This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus' faithfulness.
1 Corinthians 6:11
Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Leviticus 26:40-42
However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me
Deuteronomy 7:9
So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
1 Kings 8:47
When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.'
2 Chronicles 6:37-38
When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray, we have done evil!'
Nehemiah 9:2-37
Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
Psalm 19:12
Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.
Isaiah 45:21
Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the Lord? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me.
Lamentations 3:23
They are fresh every morning; your faithfulness is abundant!
Ezekiel 37:23
They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.
Daniel 9:4-20
I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way: "O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey -- on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
Matthew 3:6
and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
Mark 1:5
People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
Acts 19:18
Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,
1 Timothy 1:15
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" -- and I am the worst of them!
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
Hebrews 10:23
And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.
Hebrews 11:11
By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.
Revelation 15:3
They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!