1 John 2:1
New International Version
2 My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
1 John 2:1
King James Version
2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
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1 John 2:12
New International Version
Reasons for Writing
1 John 2:12
King James Version
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
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1 John 2:13
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1 John 2:13
King James Version
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
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1 John 2:18
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Warnings Against Denying the Son
18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(B) even now many antichrists have come.(C) This is how we know it is the last hour.
1 John 2:18
King James Version
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
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1 John 2:28
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God’s Children and Sin
28 And now, dear children,(A) continue in him, so that when he appears(B) we may be confident(C) and unashamed before him at his coming.(D)
1 John 2:28
King James Version
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
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1 John 3:7
New International Version
7 Dear children,(A) do not let anyone lead you astray.(B) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.(C)
1 John 3:7
King James Version
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
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1 John 3:18
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1 John 3:18
King James Version
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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1 John 4:4
New International Version
4 You, dear children,(A) are from God and have overcome them,(B) because the one who is in you(C) is greater than the one who is in the world.(D)
1 John 4:4
King James Version
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
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1 John 5:21
New International Version
1 John 5:21
King James Version
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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