Christ Our Advocate

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, (A)we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

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Τεκνία μου, ταῦτα γράφω ὑμῖν ἵνα μὴ ἁμάρτητε. καὶ ἐάν τις ἁμάρτῃ, παράκλητον ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν δίκαιον,

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12 I am writing to you, little children,
    because (A)your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

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12 Γράφω ὑμῖν, τεκνία, ὅτι ἀφέωνται ὑμῖν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ·

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Children of God

28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that (A)when he appears (B)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his (C)coming.

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28 Καὶ νῦν, τεκνία, μένετε ἐν αὐτῷ, ἵνα [a]ἐὰν φανερωθῇ [b]σχῶμεν παρρησίαν καὶ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶμεν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

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Footnotes

  1. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 2:28 ἐὰν WH Treg NIV ] ὅταν RP
  2. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 2:28 σχῶμεν WH Treg NIV ] ἔχῶμεν RP

Little children, (A)let no one deceive you. (B)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

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τεκνία, μηδεὶς πλανάτω ὑμᾶς· ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην δίκαιός ἐστιν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος δίκαιός ἐστιν·

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18 Little children, let us not (A)love in word or talk but in deed and (B)in truth.

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18 [a]Τεκνία, μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ τῇ γλώσσῃ ἀλλὰ ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.

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Footnotes

  1. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 3:18 Τεκνία WH Treg NIV ] + μου RP

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for (A)he who is in you is greater than (B)he who is in the world.

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ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε, τεκνία, καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ·

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21 Little children, (A)keep yourselves from idols.

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21 Τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν [a]εἰδώλων.

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Footnotes

  1. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ Α΄ 5:21 εἰδώλων WH Treg NIV ] + Ἀμήν RP