1 John 2:1-8 ▼

1 My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin: and if anyone may sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, [the] Righteous One,

2 and He is [the] propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the whole world,

3 and in this we know that we have known Him, if we may keep His commands;

4 he who is saying, “I have known Him,” and is not keeping His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

5 and whoever may keep His word, truly the love of God has been perfected in him; in this we know that we are in Him.

6 He who is saying he remains in Him, himself ought to also walk according as He walked.

7 Beloved, I do not write a new command to you, but an old command, that you had from the beginning—the old command is the word that you heard from the beginning;

8 again, a new command I write to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines;