1 John 2:1 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹ My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ MY LITTLE children, I write you these things so that you may not violate God's law and sin. But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate (One Who will intercede for us) with the Father–[it is] Jesus Christ [the all] righteous [upright, just, Who conforms to the Father's will in every purpose, thought, and action].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Common English Bible

¹ My little children, I’m writing these things to you so that you don’t sin. But if you do sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ My little sons, this I write to you, so that you may not sin. But if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just One.

1 John 2:1 Cross References

Luke 10:22

And turning to His disciples He said, "All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and [the one] to whom the Son wills to reveal [Him]."

John 10:15

Just as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

John 13:33

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot come,' so now I say to you.

John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may abide with you forever,

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 21:5

Then Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any food?"They answered Him, "No."

John 5:14

After these things Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to you."

John 5:36

But I have a testimony greater than John's; for the works which the Father gave to Me, that I should complete them, these very works which I do, testify of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

John 6:27

Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for [upon] Him God the Father has set [His] seal."

John 8:11

She said, "No one, Lord."And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more."

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers,

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Romans 6:15

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

Romans 8:34

Who is he that condemns? Christ is the [One] having died, but rather also having been raised, who is even at [the] right [hand] of God, who also intercedes on our behalf.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Awake to righteousness, and do not sin! For some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you!

Ephesians 2:18

Because through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

Ephesians 4:26

"Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun set on your anger,

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

1 Timothy 3:14

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter into [the] holies made by hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf;

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God and [the] Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

James 3:9

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are created according to [the] likeness of God.

1 Peter 2:22

"Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth";

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once to atone for sins, [the] just for [the] unjust, that He might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,

1 John 3:18

My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

1 John 3:5

And you know that He appeared that He might take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.

1 John 3:7

Little children, let no one deceive you. The [one] who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

1 John 4:4

You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

1 John 5:17

All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not [leading] to death.

1 John 5:21

Little children, guard yourselves from idols. Amen.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear [that] my children are walking in truth.