1 John 1:6-8
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
The previous verse says literally, "And darkness there is not in Him, no, not in any way." We then who are truly His do not live a life of sin. Proverbs 4:18 says, "But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day." We are to so live and be sanctified, to become more like Jesus each day. The confession of sins is a necessary consequence of "walking in the light", just as confession (along with turning from it repentance) was a requisite for salvation. Not doing this or denying we must is self-deception at best.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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