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; ² and He Himself is ^(E)the ^[b]propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also ^(F)for the sins of the whole world.

²⁴ but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, to us ^(A)who believe in Him who ^(B)raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, ²⁵ He who was ^(C)delivered over because of our wrongdoings, and was ^(D)raised because of our justification.

³ For ^(A)I handed down to you ^[a]as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died ^(B)for our sins ^(C)according to the Scriptures,

¹⁷ and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; ^(A)you are still in your sins.