²² he has now reconciled ^(A)in his body of flesh by his death, ^(B)in order to present you holy and blameless and ^(C)above reproach before him, ^23 (D)if indeed you continue in the faith, ^(E)stable and steadfast, not shifting from ^(F)the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed ^(G)in all creation^[a] under heaven, ^(H)and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

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. ^2 (B)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ^(C)also for the sins of the whole world.

¹⁴ For all who are ^(A)led by the Spirit of God are ^(B)sons^[a] of God. ¹⁵ For ^(C)you did not receive ^(D)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^(E)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^(F)“Abba! Father!” ^16 (G)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

²⁶ for in Christ Jesus ^(A)you are all sons of God, through faith. ²⁷ For as many of you as ^(B)were baptized ^(C)into Christ have ^(D)put on Christ.