1 John 2:1
My little sons, this I write to you, so that you may not sin. But if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just One.
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Ezekiel 3:21But if you announce to the just man, so that the just man may not sin, and he does not sin, then he shall certainly live, because you have announced to him. And you will have delivered your own soul.”
Luke 10:22All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and those to whom the Son has chosen to reveal him.”
John 5:19Then Jesus responded and said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything of himself, but only what he has seen the Father doing. For whatever he does, even this does the Son do, similarly.
John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
John 10:15just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.
John 14:6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:1
Here the apostle encourages against sins of infirmity ( ver. 1, 2 ), shows the true knowledge and love of God ( ver. 3-6 ), renews the precept of fraternal love ( ver. 7-11 ), addresses the several ages of Christians ( ver. 12-14 ), warns against worldly love ( ver. 15-17 ), against seducers ( ver. 18, 19 ), shows the security of true Christians ( ver. 20-27 ), and advises to abide in Christ, ver. 28, 29 . Read the whole commentary →