Christ Is Our Advocate

2 ^(A)My little children, I am ^(B)writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(C)we have an ^[a](D)Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

¹² I am writing to you, ^(A)little children, because ^(B)your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.

^7 (A)Little children, make sure no one ^(B)deceives you; ^(C)the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

^18 (A)Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and ^(B)truth.

⁴ You are from God, ^(A)little children, and ^(B)have overcome them; because ^(C)greater is He who is in you than ^(D)he who is in the world.

^21 (A)Little children, guard yourselves from ^(B)idols.

¹⁶ We know love by this, that ^(A)He laid down His life for us; and ^(B)we ought to lay down our lives for the ^(C)brothers and sisters.