The Epiousios — ἐπιούσιος, the “daily” of “give us this day our daily bread”. It stands in and , and nowhere else in Scripture.
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καθαρίζω (katharizō) — Verb
To cleanse, purify, purge. Continuous cleansing from spiritual stain.
More on καθαρίζω · G2511 →If We Confess Our Sins
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
(KJV)
John names the mechanism, and grounds forgiveness in God's faithfulness and justice rather than in His leniency.
He That Is Washed Needeth NotNew Testament
“Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.”
(KJV)
Christ distinguishes the bath from the washing of feet, which is the same distinction John is working with here.
Though Your Sins Be as ScarletOld Testament
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
(KJV)
Walking in the light and being cleansed happen together in John. Isaiah puts the same invitation as an argument: come now, and let us reason together.
Name to God today, in plain words, the thing you have been keeping vague, and stay in the conversation rather than withdrawing.
Passage:
Focus: Notice the three "if we say" claims John rejects, and what each one denies about our actual condition.
Ask yourself: Is there something you have confessed in general terms to avoid confessing in particular? Vagueness is where sin keeps its footing.
Father of lights, if I walk in the light as You are in the light, I have fellowship, and the blood of Jesus Christ Your Son cleanses me from all sin. Bring me into that light today by Your Holy Spirit without excuse or evasion. In the name of the Lord Jesus, whose blood keeps cleansing. Amen.