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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.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Verse 1 John 1:9. _IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS_] If, from a deep sense of our guilt, impurity, and helplessness, we humble ourselves before God, acknowledging our iniquity, his holiness, and our own utter...
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS - Pardon in the Scriptures, always supposes that there is confession, and there is no promise that it will be imparted unless a full acknowledgment has been made. Compare Psalms...
II. LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND THE TESTS Chapter S 1:5-2:17 _ 1. God is light; walking in darkness and in light (1 John 1:5)_ 2. What the light manifests (1 John 1:8) 3. The advocacy of Christ to maint...
1 JOHN 1:5 TO 1 JOHN 2:2. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD REQUIRES A RIGHT VIEW OF SIN. 1 John 1:5. Spiritual fellowship depends on moral affinity. Hence since Jesus has declared the holy perfection of God, we ca...
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, ETC. The publican who went up into the temple to pray, and made full confession, was heard rather than the Pharisee. He who does not confess his sins thereby declares he is not...
THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, we can rely on him in his righteousness to forgive us our sins and to make us clean from all unr...
FAITHFUL. App-150. JUST. App-191. TO. Greek. _hina,_ as in 1 John 1:3. Literally in order that He might forgive. FORGIVE. App-174. UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. App-128....
_If we confess our sins_ The opposite hypothesis is now taken and expanded, as in 1 John 1:7; see note there. But there is no conjunction, no -but", as in 1 John 1:7; and the asyndeton is telling. Gre...
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. God is Light 1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. What Walking in the Light involves This section is largely directed against the Gnostic do
Consciousness and Confession of Sin 8 10. Walking in the light involves the great blessings just stated, fellowship with God and with our brethren, and a share in the purifying blood of Jesus. But it...
ἘᾺΝ ὉΜΟΛ. ΤᾺΣ ἉΜΑΡΤ. ἩΜΩ͂Ν. The opposite case is now taken and developed, as in 1 John 1:7 : see note there. But here we have no δέ, and the asyndeton is telling. Greek has such a wealth of connecting...
8–10. CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONFESSION OF SIN 8–10. Walking in the light involves the great blessings just stated,—fellowship with God and with our brethren, and a share in the purifying blood of Jesus....
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT 1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. WHAT WALKING IN THE LIGHT INVOLVES This section is largely directed against the Gnostic doct
ΌΜΟΛΟΓΏΜΕΝ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΌΜΟΛΟΓΈΩ (G3670) соглашаться, говорить то же, уступать, признавать, допускать, исповедовать (ЕСС, 13-20; TDNT; EDNT; GELTS, 332). Итеративный _praes._, указывает на п...
DISCOURSE: 2432 CONFESSION NECESSARY TO FORGIVENESS 1 John 1:8. _If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to fo...
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, &C.— "If, on the other hand, we, under a humbling sense of our imperfections and many disallowed failures, acknowledge our transgressionstotheLord,andconfessthemwithfaithinChri...
HEREBY WE KNOW PART II 1 John 1:8-10; 1 John 2:1-29 God Is Light. To Walk In The Light Is To Have Fellowship With Him Fellowship Is Tested By Our Sharing of God's Attitude Toward: 1. Personal Guil...
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. CONFESS - with the lips, from a contrite heart; involving confession to our fell...
1 The ministry of John is based upon his personal acquaintance with the Lord in the flesh. Indeed, this was the prime qualification of all the twelve apostles (Act_1:21). They were to bear witness to...
1:9 confess (e-3) In all these cases the verb is in the subjunctive, and puts the case of so doing. I should have translated them 'if we should say,' &c., but that it is the case in ver. 9 also, where...
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIGHT 1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1. In 1 John 1:1 a sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2, is continued in...
JUST] RV 'righteous.' FORGIVE.. CLEANSE] 'Forgive' refers to the remission of punishment, 'cleanse' to the removal of pollution....
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THIS LETTER 1. THE WRITER The letter does not tell us who wrote it. The tradition is that John is the author. John was an *apostle. He was one of...
[2. First Half. God is Light (1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28). (1) STATEMENT OF THE LEADING THOUGHT (1 John 1:5). (2) FIRST INFERENCE: The true fellowship ...
The heresy of Perfectionism. Some might not say, with the Antinomians, that they were absolved from the obligation of the moral law, but they maintained that they were done with sin, had no more sinfu...
The Message of the Incarnation and the Duty which it brings. “And this is the message which we have heard from Him and are announcing to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him there is none. If w...
FELLOWSHIP IN THE LIGHT 1 John 1:1 As the aged Apostle began to write he was living over again his first happy experiences with the Savior. He heard the voice, saw the person, touched the very body i...
This is possibly the last apostolic message to the whole Church. It is complementary to the Gospel of John. Its subject is fellowship with God, into which believers are introduced through their union...
THE CHRISTIAN AND SIN Some evidently claimed to be above sin. They may have said, "We are spiritual and cannot sin." Today, some teach the doctrine of salvation by faith only, which likewise implies o...
(6) If we confess our sins, he is (g) faithful and just to (h) forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (6) Therefore the beginning of salvation is to acknowledge our wicked...
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we...
_CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS_ ‘If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse u...
9_If we confess _He again promises to the faithful that God will be propitious to them, provided they acknowledge themselves _to be sinners_. It is of great moment to be fully persuaded, that when we...
The Epistle of John has a peculiar character. It is eternal life manifested in Jesus, and imparted to us the life which was with the Father, and which is in the Son. It is in this life that believers...
IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS,.... Not to one other; for though it is our duty to confess our faults to our fellow creatures and fellow Christians which are committed against them, yet are under no obligatio...
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us _our_ sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Ver. 9. _If we confess_] _Homo agnoscit, Deus ignoscit._ Man acknowledges, God fo...
_If we say_ Before Christ's blood has cleansed us; _that we have no sin_ To be cleansed from; or if, even after we have experienced the cleansing virtue of his blood, and are acquitted through the mer...
CONFESS OUR SINS; to God, and forsake them. Proverbs 28:13. FAITHFUL; to his promises of forgiveness to the penitent. Proverbs 28:13. JUST; to himself and all the great interests of his kingdom. CLE...
Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Person...
5-10 A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is the...
But on the contrary, IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, if we apply ourselves to him suitably to the condition of sinners, confessing ourselves such, with that self-abasing sense of sin which may dispose us to a...
Tertullian On Modesty For see yet again: "If we say," he says, "that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us."[244]...
1 John 1:9 If G1437 confess G3670 (G5725) our G2257 sins G266 is G2076 (G5748) faithful G4103 and...
‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.' The way to deal with sin is not by denying it or hiding from it, but by being...
First the apostle announces his message that God is light and only light (1 John 1:5). Then follows (down to chap. 1 John 2:2) a universal statement of the evangelical conditions of fellowship with Hi...
1 John 1:8-9. IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE DECEIVE OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. Another ‘if we say,' strictly co-ordinate with the preceding; the phrases here being variations upon thos...
IF WE CONFESS (εαν ομολογωμεν). Third-class condition again with εαν and present active subjunctive of ομολογεω, "if we keep on confessing." Confession of sin to God and to one another (James 5:16)...
1 John 1:8 I. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." It is not deliberate falseness that we are here warned against, but a far more subtle form of falsehood...
1 John 1:8 Divine Justice and Pardon Reconciled. There are two extreme tendencies in human sentiment respecting God from which a devout and thoughtful heart shrinks with equal repugnance: a religion...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;_ The fact that Chris...
May that Divine Spirit, who inspired every word of this wonderful letter, bless it to all our hearts as we read it! 1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have...
CONTENTS: Fellowship with God made possible through the incarnation. Conditions of perpetual fellowship walking in the light and confessing sins. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John. CONCLUSION: Fellowship...
1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning._ We have before observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. _L'ETRE Suprê...
BUT IF WE. The forgiveness which the blood of Jesus offers to Christians, requires a human response to_ reach out to seize it!_ CONFESS. God will forgive the Christian every sin which is confessed to...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:5 “God is light” (v. 1 John 1:5) reflects the OT, where “light” symbolizes both knowledge and purity (see notes on John 1:4–5;...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:9 Christians must CONFESS (their) SINS, first to receive salvation and then to stay in fellowship with God and one another (v. 1
THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF S. JOHN.. CHAPTER 1 VER. 1. _That which was from the beginning_, &c. The beginning of this Epistle corresponds with the beginning of St. John's Gospel. Both here and the...
CHAPTER 5 Ver. 1. _Every one that believeth_, with a living faith, which extends itself to charity, and worketh by love, _that Jesus is the Christ_, i.e., the Messiah, the Saviour and Redeemer of the...
_If we receive the witness of men_, &c. If we give credit to man's testimony, much more ought we to believe the witness of God concerning Christ. It is greater both in dignity and authority, in truth...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 1 John 1:5.—The first part of the epistle begins here. It is directed against the Gnostic teaching, that to a man of enlightenment all conduct is morally indifferent. I...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 1:1 1. THE INTRODUCTION. It declares the writer's authority, based on personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to which this Epistle forms a companion; and...
Shall we turn to 1 John. Why did John write this epistle? In chapter one, verse four, he tells us, "These things write we unto that your joy may full." So that you might have the fullness of joy. Do y...
1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 John 1:7; 1 Kings 8:47;...
THE CHRIST CHAPTER 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter of the First E...
But if with a penitent and believing heart, we confess our sins, he is faithful — Because he had promised this blessing, by the unanimous voice of all his prophets. Just — Surely then he will punish:...
Behold here, 1. double blessing promised and insured, namely, justification and sanctification, forgiveness of sin, and cleansing from it, yea, from all iniquity; when God pardons sin, no sin is left...