1 John 2:1

New Living Translation

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 4:4

Don’t sin by letting anger control you. Think about it overnight and remain silent. Interlude

Ezekiel 3:21

But if you warn righteous people not to sin and they listen to you and do not sin, they will live, and you will have saved yourself, too.”

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.

Luke 10:22

“My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 10:15

just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.

John 13:33

Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going.

John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.

John 14:6

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

John 21:5

He called out, “Fellows, have you caught any fish?” “No,” they replied.

John 5:14

But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.”

John 5:36

But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me.

John 6:27

But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”

John 8:11

“No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” ----------

Acts 7:52

Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

Romans 5:10

For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.

Romans 6:15

Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!

Romans 8:34

Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.

2 Corinthians 5:21

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Galatians 4:19

Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.

Ephesians 2:18

Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.

Ephesians 4:26

And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,

1 Timothy 2:5

For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:14

I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon,

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf.

James 1:27

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

James 3:9

Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God.

1 Peter 2:22

He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.

1 John 3:18

Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.

1 John 3:5

And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.

1 John 3:7

Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous.

1 John 4:4

But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.

1 John 5:17

All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death.

1 John 5:21

Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.

3 John 1:4

I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.