Parallel Verses
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;
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.
NET Bible
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.
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:
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 may say -- 'we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; 9 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; 10 if we may say -- 'we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.
Cross References
Psalm 32:5
My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, 'I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Proverbs 28:13
Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
1 John 1:7
and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;
Psalm 51:2-5
Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,
Jeremiah 33:8
And cleansed them from all their iniquity, That they have sinned against Me, And I have pardoned all their iniquities, That they have sinned against Me, And that they transgressed against Me.
Titus 2:14
who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;
Nehemiah 1:6
let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;
Job 33:27-28
He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.
Ezekiel 36:25
And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you.
Romans 3:26
for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who is of the faith of Jesus.
1 Corinthians 6:11
And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
Leviticus 26:40-42
And -- they have confessed their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also, that they have walked with Me, in opposition,
Deuteronomy 7:9
And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He is God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands -- to a thousand generations,
1 Kings 8:47
and they have turned it back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely -- we have done wickedly;
2 Chronicles 6:37-38
and they have turned it back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly;
Nehemiah 9:2-37
and the seed of Israel are separated from all sons of a stranger, and stand and confess concerning their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers,
Psalm 19:12
Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,
Isaiah 45:21
Declare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I -- Jehovah? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me.
Lamentations 3:23
New every morning, abundant is thy faithfulness.
Ezekiel 37:23
Nor are they defiled any more with their idols, And with their abominations, And with any of their transgressions, And I have saved them out of all their dwellings, In which they have sinned, And I have cleansed them, And they have been to Me for a people, And I -- I am to them for God.
Daniel 9:4-20
And I pray to Jehovah my God, and confess, and say: 'I beseech Thee, O Lord God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands;
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses.
Matthew 3:6
and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
Mark 1:5
and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Acts 19:18
many also of those who did believe were coming, confessing and declaring their acts,
1 Corinthians 1:9
faithful is God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the bathing of the water in the saying,
1 Timothy 1:15
stedfast is the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners -- first of whom I am;
Hebrews 6:10
for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;
Hebrews 10:23
may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful is He who did promise),
Hebrews 11:11
By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;
Revelation 15:3
and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,