Manyalsoof thosewho had believedkept coming,confessingand disclosingtheir practices.
for with the hearta person believes,resultingin righteousness,and with the mouthhe confesses,resultingin salvation.
and they were being baptizedby him in the JordanRiver,as they confessedtheir sins.
I acknowledgedmy sinto You, And my iniquityI did not hide;I said,"I will confessmy transgressionsto the LORD";And You forgavethe guiltof my sin.Selah.
Ifwe confessour sins,He is faithfuland righteousto forgiveus our sinsand to cleanseus from allunrighteousness.
"Then you will rememberyour evilwaysand your deedsthat were not good,and you will loatheyourselves in your own sightfor your iniquitiesand your abominations.
so that you may rememberand be ashamedand neveropenyour mouthanymorebecauseof your humiliation,when I have forgivenyou for allthat you have done,"the LordGODdeclares.
Onlyacknowledgeyour iniquity,That you have transgressedagainst the LORDyour GodAnd have scatteredyour favorsto the strangersundereverygreentree,And you have not obeyedMy voice,'declaresthe LORD.
He who concealshis transgressionswill not prosper,But he who confessesand forsakes[them] will findcompassion.
If they confesstheir iniquityand the iniquityof their forefathers,in their unfaithfulnesswhichthey committedagainst Me, and alsoin their actingwith hostilityagainstMe--
"Then Aaronshall laybothof his handson the headof the livegoat,and confessoverit allthe iniquitiesof the sonsof Israeland alltheir transgressionsin regard to alltheir sins;and he shall laythem on the headof the goatand send[it] awayinto the wildernessby the handof a manwho [stands] in readiness.
Thisbecameknownto all,bothJewsand Greeks,who livedin Ephesus;and fearfellupon them alland the nameof the LordJesuswas being magnified.
And manyof thosewho practicedmagicbroughttheir bookstogetherand [began] burningthem in the sightof everyone;and they countedup the priceof them and foundit fiftythousandpieces of silver.
Therefore,confessyour sinsto oneanother,and prayfor one anothersothat you may be healed.The effectiveprayerof a righteous mancanaccomplishmuch.
