1 John 4:15

4:15 If anyone ¹  confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides ²  in him and he in God.

1 John 1:9

1:9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, ³  forgiving ⁴  us our sins and cleansing ⁵  us from all unrighteousness.

[4:15]  ¹ tn Grk “Whoever.”

[4:15]  ² tn Here μένει (menei, from μένω [menw]) has been translated as “resides” because the confession is constitutive of the relationship, and the resulting state (“God resides in him”) is in view.

[1:9]  ³ tn Or “just.”

[1:9]  ⁴ tn The ἵνα (Jina) followed by the subjunctive is here equivalent to the infinitive of result, an “ecbatic” or consecutive use of ἵνα according to BDAG 477 s.v. 3 where 1 John 1:9 is listed as a specific example. The translation with participles (“forgiving, …cleansing”) conveys this idea of result.

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Or “purifying.”