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Ifἐὰνwe confessὁμολογῶμενour sins,τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶνhe isἐστινfaithfulπιστόςandκαὶrighteous,δίκαιοςso asἵναto forgiveἀφῇusἡμῖνthe sinsτὰς ἁμαρτίαςandκαὶto cleanseκαθαρίσῃusἡμᾶςfromἀπὸallπάσηςunrighteousness.ἀδικίας
1 John 1:9
Study it in the app“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, so as to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
If we confess, God is faithful and just to forgiveForgivenessTo say we have no sin is to deceive ourselves; confessing brings forgivenessTemptation
With the Greek beneath
1 John 1:9, word by word
- we confessὁμολογῶμενhomologōmen
confess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologōmen” appears- our sinsἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartias” appears- he isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- faithfulπιστόςpistos
faithful
Someone you can rely on.
Where else “pistos” appears- righteousδίκαιοςdikaios
Righteous One
Jesus or God, the Righteous One.
Where else “dikaios” appears- to forgiveἀφῇaphēi
forgive
To wipe away sins or debts, not exact them.
Where else “aphēi” appears- to cleanseκαθαρίσῃkatharisēi
purify
To cleanse the heart from sin.
Where else “katharisēi” appears- unrighteousnessἀδικίαςadikias
unrighteousness
Injustice, unrighteousness.
Where else “adikias” appears
The context
8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 · This verse (above)
10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
To study 1 John 1 in a group
1. What it says
What do the writers say they have heard, seen, and touched, and why do they announce it (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
The text contrasts walking in the light and in darkness (v. 5-7). What does it say happens if we walk in the light?
3. How I live it
John speaks of acknowledging our sins (v. 8-9). What is hard or easy about being honest about them, without hiding?