1 John 1:8-9

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8 ¹If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ²the truth is not in us.

9 ³If we confess our sins, he is ⁴faithful and just to forgive us our sins and ⁵to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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1. 1:8 [Job 15:14; Jer. 2:35]; See James 3:2
2. 1:8 ch. 2:4
3. 1:9 Ps. 32:5; 51:3; Prov. 28:13
4. 1:9 [Ps. 143:1; Rom. 3:26]
5. 1:9 [See ver. 7 above]

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