⁸^tIf we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^uthe truth is not in us. ⁹^vIf we confess our sins, he is ^xfaithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to ^scleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰^yIf we say that we have not sinned, ^zwe make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

2My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, ^awe have an ^badvocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Footnotes

tSee 1 Kin. 8:46. & Job 15:14. So Job 9:2. Jer. 2:35.
uSee ch. 2:4.
xSo Ps. 143:1.
sver. 9. So 1 Cor. 6:11. See Ps. 65:3. & Rom. 4:25. & Tit. 2:14.
ySee Prov. 28:13.
zch. 5:10.
aSee Rom. 8:34.
bSee John 14:16.

Cross references

v Ps. 32:5. & 51:3.

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