1 John 1:9

Good News Translation (US Version)

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

Cross References

Psalm 32:5

Then I confessed my sins to you; I did not conceal my wrongdoings. I decided to confess them to you, and you forgave all my sins.

Proverbs 28:13

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.

Jeremiah 33:8

I will purify them from the sins that they have committed against me, and I will forgive their sins and their rebellion.

1 John 1:7

But if we live in the light—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.

Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold on firmly to the hope we profess, because we can trust God to keep his promise.

1 Timothy 1:15

This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them,

Nehemiah 1:6

Look at me, Lord, and hear my prayer, as I pray day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess that we, the people of Israel, have sinned. My ancestors and I have sinned.

Ezekiel 37:23

They will not defile themselves with disgusting idols any more or corrupt themselves with sin. I will free them from all the ways in which they sin and betray me. I will purify them; they will be my people, and I will be their God.

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is to be trusted, the God who called you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Remember that the Lord your God is the only God and that he is faithful. He will keep his covenant and show his constant love to a thousand generations of those who love him and obey his commands,

Acts 19:18

Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.

Mark 1:5

Many people from the province of Judea and the city of Jerusalem went out to hear John. They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.

Psalm 19:12

None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, Lord, from hidden faults!

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you were like that. But you have been purified from sin; you have been dedicated to God; you have been put right with God by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Lamentations 3:23

Fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.

Hebrews 6:10

God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians.

1 Kings 8:47

listen to your people's prayers. If there in that land they repent and pray to you, confessing how sinful and wicked they have been, hear their prayers, O Lord.

Revelation 15:3

and singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Lord God Almighty, how great and wonderful are your deeds! King of the nations, how right and true are your ways!

Hebrews 11:11

It was faith that made Abraham able to become a father, even though he was too old and Sarah herself could not have children. He trusted God to keep his promise.

Matthew 3:6

They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan.

Isaiah 45:21

Come and present your case in court; let the defendants consult one another. Who predicted long ago what would happen? Was it not I, the Lord, the God who saves his people? There is no other god.

Ephesians 5:26

He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water,

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey— on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Exodus 34:7

I keep my promise for thousands of generations and forgive evil and sin; but I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.”

1 Kings 8:30

Hear my prayers and the prayers of your people when they face this place and pray. In your home in heaven hear us and forgive us.

Jeremiah 3:13

Only admit that you are guilty and that you have rebelled against the Lord, your God. Confess that under every green tree you have given your love to foreign gods and that you have not obeyed my commands. I, the Lord, have spoken.

John 17:25

Righteous Father! The world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you sent me.

Luke 22:57

But Peter denied it, “Woman, I don't even know him!”