This translation attempts to convey Galatians with some of the vividness of Paul’s Greek original.

“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins….”  (1Jn 1:8-9)

Nehushtan – The word is connected to the famous bronze serpent that Moses lifted on a pole when the people he led out of Egyptian slavery were bitten by poisonous snakes in the wilderness.