Acts 19:18

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Summary

Acts 19:18

And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

Confessed

Bible References

Confessed

Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ wrongdoings and rebellious acts—all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.

“But if they will confess their sin and the sin of their fathers—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, and how they acted with hostility toward Me,

He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.

Then I acknowledged my sin to You
and did not conceal my iniquity.
I said,
“I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and You took away the guilt of my sin.Selah

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

Only acknowledge your guilt—
you have rebelled against the Lord your God.
You have scattered your favors to strangers
under every green tree
and have not obeyed My voice.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

“Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices.

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.

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