confessing their sins

The Greek that is translated as “confessing their sins” or similar in English is translated in the German New Testament translation by Berger / Nord (publ. 1999) with Sünden bekennen und um Vergebung bitten or “confess sins and ask for forgiveness.” The translators explain (p. 576): “Translations with two verbs. The Greek Verb does not only mean ‘confess’ but also ‘ask for forgiveness.'”

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