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NASB | 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 1:9 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 and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose]. |
Bible Question:
Yes we to strive to live a sinliess life. God has given us a way out of temptation as the Bible says in 1Cor 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.” But who can live a sinless life? 1John 1:8 “If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. “ Proverbs 20:9 “Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin"? This question is not only a challenge to any man in the world to prove himself sinless, whatever he pretends, but a lamentation of the corruption of mankind, even that which remains in the best. Alas! Who can say, "I am sinless?’’ Observe, 1. Who the persons are that are excluded from these pretensions—all, one as well as another. Here, in this imperfect state, no person whatsoever can pretend to be without sin. Adam could say so in innocency, and saints can say so in heaven, but none in this life. Those that think themselves as good as they should be cannot, nay, and those that are really good will not, dare not, say this. 2. What the pretension is that is excluded. We cannot say, We have made our hearts clean. Though we can say, through grace, "We are cleaner than we have been,’’ yet we cannot say, "We are clean and pure from all remainders of sin.’’ Or, though we are clean from the gross acts of sin, yet we cannot say, "Our hearts are clean.’’ Or, though we are washed and cleansed, yet we cannot say, "We ourselves made our own hearts clean;’’ it was the work of the Spirit. Or, though we are pure from the sins of many others, yet we cannot say, "We are pure from our sin, the sin that easily besets us, the body of death which Paul complained of in (MH) Rom. 7:24. “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Peace and Love bgg |
Bible Answer: bgg, the short answer to the short form of your question is Jesus Christ: His is the only pure, sinless life ever lived on this earth. "There is no man which sinneth not." (2 Chron.6:36) Insofar as I've ever been able to determine, the Bible makes no distinction between 'sinning' and 'living in sin' -- sin is sin, no matter whether it is committed once or a thousand times. One sin has the same capacity to condemn as a multitude of sins. --Hank |