1 John 2:1-2

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Love and obedience are essentials for living in the light

2 ^1-2 I write these things to you (may I call you “my children”—for that’s how I think of you), to help you to avoid sin. But if a man should sin, remember that our advocate before the Father is Jesus Christ the righteous, the one who made personal atonement for our sins (and for those of the rest of the world as well).