Keeping the New Commandment

My little children, I am writing these things to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one, and he[a] is the propitiation[b] for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:2 Or “he himself” (emphatic)
  2. 1 John 2:2 Or “expiation”; or “atoning sacrifice”

My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(D)

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We know(E) that we have come to know him(F) if we keep his commands.(G)

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