The word confess [greek = homo-logeo] means to say the same thing, to agree. No confession of sin meets this standard that does not view our sin as He does.
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I John 1:9-10
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Indeed.