{
  "id": "MTOM-0066",
  "title": "Confession Without Forsaking Sin",
  "slug": "confession-without-forsaking-sin",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/confession-without-forsaking-sin/",
  "category": "Salvation and Gospel",
  "severity": 4,
  "severity_label": "Level 4 - Soul-endangering deception",
  "danger_type": "verbal_confession_without_turning",
  "status": "full_depth_wave3_draft",
  "summary": "Confession is biblical, but confession that makes peace with continuing sin is counterfeit repentance. Scripture joins honest confession with walking in the light and bearing fruit.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Prov 28:13",
    "1 John 1:6-10",
    "Jas 5:16",
    "Matt 3:8",
    "Rom 6:1-18"
  ],
  "key_terms": "homologeo [confess, say the same]; metanoia [repentance]; karpos [fruit]; apotithemi [put off]",
  "related_topics": [
    "easy-believism-without-repentance",
    "no-conviction-of-sin-with-tears-of-repentance-any-more",
    "sin-reduced-to-brokenness-only",
    "true-obedience-is-regarded-as-works"
  ],
  "wave": "Wave 3 - Salvation and Holiness Distortions",
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local hover tooltips generated from local site data",
  "generated": "2026-06-12T15:29:20.130121+00:00"
}