1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

If we acknowledge our sinnes, he is faithfull and iust, to forgiue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes.

Darby Translation

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [our] sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Young's 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;

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.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“we confess”

Psalm 32:5 Proverbs 28:13 Psalm 51:2–5 Nehemiah 1:6 Acts 19:18 Leviticus 26:40–42

Psalm 32:5 · BSB

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Proverbs 28:13 · BSB

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Psalm 51:2–5 · BSB

Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Nehemiah 1:6 · BSB

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You…

Acts 19:18 · BSB

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

Leviticus 26:40–42 · BSB

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

“he is”

Hebrews 10:23 1 Timothy 1:15 1 Corinthians 1:9 Lamentations 3:23 Deuteronomy 7:9 Hebrews 11:11

Hebrews 10:23 · BSB

Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

1 Timothy 1:15 · BSB

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

1 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Lamentations 3:23 · BSB

They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Deuteronomy 7:9 · BSB

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

Hebrews 11:11 · BSB

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

“just”

Hebrews 6:10 Revelation 15:3 Isaiah 45:21 Romans 3:26 Zechariah 9:9

Hebrews 6:10 · BSB

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Revelation 15:3 · BSB

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

Isaiah 45:21 · BSB

Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; ther…

Romans 3:26 · BSB

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Zechariah 9:9 · BSB

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

“and to”

Jeremiah 33:8 1 John 1:7 Ezekiel 36:25 Ezekiel 37:23 Psalm 19:12 Titus 2:14

Jeremiah 33:8 · BSB

And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.

1 John 1:7 · BSB

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Ezekiel 36:25 · BSB

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

Ezekiel 37:23 · BSB

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will b…

Psalm 19:12 · BSB

Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

Read 1 John 1