⁸If we claim to be without sin,^q we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.^r ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^s and purify us from all unrighteousness.^t ¹⁰If we claim we have not sinned,^u we make him out to be a liar^v and his word is not in us.^w

2My dear children,^x I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate^y with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

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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.

Cross references

q Pr 20:9; Jer 2:35; Ro 3:9–19; Jas 3:2
r Jn 8:44; 1 Jn 2:4
s Ps 32:5; 51:2; Pr 28:13
tver 7; Mic 7:18–20; Heb 10:22
uver 8
v 1 Jn 5:10
w Jn 5:38; 1 Jn 2:14
xver 12, 13, 28; 1 Jn 3:7, 18; 4:4; 5:21; See 1 Th 2:11
ySee Ro 8:34; 1 Ti 2:5