"If we …"

“If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness,

we lie and do not practice the truth” (1 Jn. 1:6).

“If we say that we have not sinned,

we make Him a liar and His word is not in us” (v. 10).

“If we say that we have no sin,

we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us” (v. 8).

“If we confess our sins,

He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (v. 9).