21 Versículos Bíblicos Sobre Confissão e Arrependimento

In the Bible, repentance is turning away from sin, and confessing sin is admitting it, whether to God or to one another. Proverbs 28:13 joins the two: mercy is promised to the one who “confesses and forsakes” his transgressions. The New Testament verb behind “repent” is metanoeo, to change one’s mind or purpose. The verb for “confess” in 1 John 1:9, homologeo, means to speak the same thing, agree, admit, and Romans 10:9-10 uses it in a second sense: to…