—this was attested at the right time.^(A)

²⁸ just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”^(A)

¹⁵ which he will bring about at the right time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.^(A)

⁶ just as the testimony of^[a] Christ has been strengthened among you^(A)—

³ in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,^(A)

⁴ But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,^(A)

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and freed^[a] us from our sins by his blood

¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(A)

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, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,^{(A) 2} and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.^(B)

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered^[a] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you^[b] to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,^(A)