Confession and Divine Forgiveness

1 John 1:8-10

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

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;

if we may say--`we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.