1 John 2:1

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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.

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1 John 2:12-14

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¹²I am writing to you, little children,
    because ^(A)your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
¹³I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know ^(B)him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
    because ^(C)you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
    because ^(D)you know the Father.
¹⁴I write to you, fathers,
    because you know ^(E)him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
    because ^(F)you are strong,
    and the word of God abides in you,
    and you have overcome the evil one.

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1 John 2:19

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¹⁹^(A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^(C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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1 John 3:1

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3 See ^(A)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^(B)children of God; and so we are. The reason why ^(C)the world does not know us is that ^(D)it did not know him.

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