1 John 2:1

In other versions

• My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  ASV

• My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

  BBE

• My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous;

  DBY

• My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

  WEB

• My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

  YLT

• My little children, these things write I unto you, that all of you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  ENG

• My little children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. And if any man sinneth, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  WBT

• My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

  BSB

In context

Cross-references

• 1 John 2:28-29
• 1 John 2:12-13
• 1 Timothy 2:5
• Romans 8:34
• John 14:6
• 1 John 1:8-10
• Hebrews 7:24-26
• 2 Corinthians 5:21
• Titus 2:11-13
• 1 John 4:4

People in this verse

• Jesus