Confession

 
to God is spoken of in 1 John 1; to one another in James 5:1616Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16). It is the only means of restoring broken communion, and is spoken of as between the Father and His children; not between God and the sinner (repentance is the word used here).