11 translations · Greek
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 in 11 translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- ASV 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- if we may confess our sins, He is steadfast and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But if we confess our sins, he is trustworthy and right so that he can forgive us our sins and make us clean from all that is not right in us.
- YLT 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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [our] sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐὰν | ean | If | G1437 ἐάν if |
| ὁμολογῶμεν | homologōmen | we confess | G3670 ὁμολογέω to confess/profess |
| τὰς | tas | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἁμαρτίας | hamartias | sins | G266 ἁμαρτία sin |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| πιστός | pistos | faithful | G4103 πιστός faithful |
| ἐστιν | estin | He is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| δίκαιος | dikaios | just | G1342 δίκαιος just |
| ἵνα | hina | to | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| ἀφῇ | aphē | forgive | G863 ἀφίημι to release: leave |
| ἡμῖν | hēmin | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| τὰς | tas | [our] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἁμαρτίας | hamartias | sins | G266 ἁμαρτία sin |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| καθαρίσῃ | katharisē | to cleanse | G2511 καθαρίζω to clean |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | us | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἀπὸ | apo | from | G575 ἀπό away from |
| πάσης | pasēs | all | G3956 πᾶς all |
| ἀδικίας | adikias | unrighteousness | G93 ἀδικία unrighteousness |
Related verses
- Psalm 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
- Jeremiah 33:8
I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against me. I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against me and by which they have transgressed against me.
- Psalm 51:2–5
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge. …
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols.
- Hebrews 10:23
let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
- 1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
- Nehemiah 1:6
Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Ezekiel 37:23
They won’t defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they will be my people, and I will be their God.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Read all of 1 John 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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