1 John 2:1–8

Christ Our Advocate

2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, ywe have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 zHe is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but aalso for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we bkeep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments cis a liar, and cthe truth is not in him, 5 but whoever dkeeps his word, in him truly ethe love of God is perfected. fBy this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he gabides in him hought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

The New Commandment

7 Beloved, I am writing you ino new commandment, but jan old commandment kthat you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is la new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because1 mthe darkness is passing away and nthe true light is already shining.

y	Ro 8:34 1 Ti 2:5 Heb 7:25
z	1 Jn 4:10 Ro 3:25 2 Co 5:18 2 Co 5:19 Col 1:20
a	1 Jn 4:14 Jn 1:29 Jn 4:42 Jn 11:51 Jn 11:52 Jn 12:32
b	Jn 14:15 Jn 15:10
c	1 Jn 1:8 Jn 8:44
d	1 Jn 5:3 Jn 14:23
e	1 Jn 4:12
f	1 Jn 3:24 1 Jn 4:13 1 Jn 5:2
g	Jn 15:4 Jn 15:5 Jn 15:7
h	Mt 11:29
i	2 Jn 5
j	Le 19:18
k	1 Jn 2:24 1 Jn 3:11 2 Jn 5 2 Jn 6
l	Jn 13:34
1	Or that
m	Ro 13:12 Eph 5:8 1 Th 5:4 1 Th 5:5
n	Jn 1:9 Jn 8:12