He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. | He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. |
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. | Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. |
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Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. | Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. |
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. | For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation. |
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. | By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already. |
Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. | If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. |
And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing. | It shall be, when he is guilty of one of these, he shall confess that in which he has sinned. |