1 John 2:1
What is written? (ESV)
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
What does it say?
Brethern, I am writing these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does, they have an advocate with the Father through Jesus Christ, the sinless one.
What is its immediate context?
John, in his letter to brethren, makes refrain after refrain for them to continue to “walk in the light”. In the first chapter he states it as, “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” (1:6)
How 1 John 2:1 is applied across Bible answers
What is the remedy for sin?
Jesus is advocating to God on behalf of any that sin.
