Quotes related to 1 John 1:9
Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.
— St. Isidore of Seville
You must either give up your sins or give up all hope of heaven.
— Charles Spurgeon
Sin cannot tear you away from him [Christ] even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders.
— Martin Luther
I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.
— TobyMac
If someone has repented once of a sin, and again does the same sin, this is a sign that he has not been cleansed of the causes of the sin, wherefrom, as from a root, the shoots spring forth again.
— St. Basil
If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.
— Andy Stanley
Not until we take God seriously will we ever take sin seriously.
— RC Sproul
Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.
— Frank Herbert
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
— Mahatma Gandhi
It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.
— Joel Osteen
No matter what mistakes we might have made yesterday, today is the day we can retrieve our innocence.
— Marianne Williamson
God will cleanse your sins if you yourself are dissatisfied with yourself and will keep on changing until you are perfect.
— St. Augustine