and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
1 John 1:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) [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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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 [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action]. American Standard Version (1901) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Common English Bible But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from everything we’ve done wrong. Catholic Public Domain Version If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity. |
and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
And people from throughout all the regions of Judea and all of Jerusalem went out to John [in the desert]. And he immersed them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
Righteous Father, the world does not know you but I know you, and these men know that you sent me.
Many of the believers also came confessing their sins and describing what they had [previously] done.
[In doing this] God [also] demonstrated His justice [to people] of this present time that He Himself is just and the One who makes the people right with Him who have faith in Jesus.
God is faithful [i.e., He will continue working among you] and it is through Him that you were called into the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
And some of you have practiced such things, but you were washed [i.e., from your sins. See Acts 22:16]; you were dedicated [i.e., set apart for God’s service]; you were made right with God in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit of our God.
so that He could dedicate her [to Himself], after cleansing her by means of the washing of water [i.e., immersion], accompanied by the word. [Note: “The word” here refers either to a person’s profession of faith (See Rom. 10:9) or to the Gospel message (See Rom. 10:17), both of which are associated with immersion].
This saying is trustworthy and deserves to be fully accepted: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and I am the worst of them all.
He gave Himself up for us, to buy us back from [enslavement to] all [kinds of] wickedness and to purify for Himself a group of people who belong to Him and who are eager to do good deeds.
[So], we should hold on firmly to the profession of our hope [in God], without wavering from it, for God is faithful to His promises.
By [having] faith, Sarah herself received the ability to have children, even though she was [sterile, being] past the age of child-bearing, since she considered God faithful to His promise. [Note: Some translations consider “Abraham” to be the subject of this controversial verse. See Lightfoot, pp. 222-225].
For God is not [so] unjust as to forget the work you are doing and the love you have shown for Him, as you ministered to the saints [i.e., His holy people] and continue to minister [to them].
But, if we live in the light [of righteousness] just like God [constantly] lives in the light [of righteousness], we can truly share a relationship with one another and [can know that] the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, continues to cleanse [our spirits] from all of our sins.
And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. [The words were], “Your deeds are great and marvelous, O Lord, God Almighty; your ways are just and true, O King of the nations [or, “ages”].