Topic
Confession
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. — read the full passage →
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. — read the full passage →
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. — read the full passage →
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. — read the full passage →
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; — read the full passage →
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. — read the full passage →
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. — read the full passage →
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. — read the full passage →
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. — read the full passage →
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. — read the full passage →
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. — read the full passage →
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. — read the full passage →
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. — read the full passage →
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. — read the full passage →
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty; — read the full passage →
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. — read the full passage →
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. — read the full passage →
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.