1 John 1:9 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

English ASV

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English Amplified

If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us [our] sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English EASY 2024

Instead, we should agree that we have done wrong things and tell that to God. Then God will forgive us for our sins. He always does what he has promised to do. He always does what is right. He will forgive us and he will make us clean again, whatever bad things we may have done.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

English God's Word - GW 1995

God is faithful and reliable. If we confess our sins, he forgives them and cleanses us from everything we've done wrong.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But God is faithful and fair. If we admit that we have sinned, he will forgive us our sins. He will forgive every wrong thing we have done. He will make us pure.

English NIV

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

English NKJ 1982

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English NLT

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

But if we freely admit our sins when his light uncovers them, he will be faithful to forgive us every time. God is just to forgive us our sins because of Christ, and he will continue to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But if we confess our sins to him, he can be depended on to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. And it is perfectly proper for God to do this for us because Christ died to wash away our sins.

English Tyndale 1537

If we knowledge our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9 — Compare Translations