^17 (A)All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.

⁴ Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; ^(A)sin is lawlessness.

¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and ^(A)God^[a] will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. ^(B)There is sin that leads to death; ^(C)I do not say that one should pray for that.

¹⁵ Then desire ^(A)when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and ^(B)sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. ^(A)Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ^8 (B)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. ^(C)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and ^(D)purify your hearts, ^(E)you double-minded. ^9 (F)Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. ^10 (G)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

^26 (A)When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. ²⁷ Again, ^(B)when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. ²⁸ Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²⁹ Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

³⁰ “Therefore ^(C)I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^(D)Repent and turn from all your transgressions, ^(E)lest iniquity be your ruin.^{[a] 31 (F)}Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and ^(G)make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ^(H)Why will you die, O house of Israel? ^32 (I)For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; ^(J)so turn, and live.”

Christ Our Advocate

2 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.

^32 [a] “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. ^(A)You shall not add to it or take from it.