1 John 2:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

BSB

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ASV

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

My little children - Τεκνια μοῦ Teknia mou. This is such language as an aged apostle would be likely to use when addressing a church, and its use in this Epistle may be regarded as one evidence that John had reached an advanced period of life when he wrote the Epistle. These things write I unto you - To wit, the things stated in 1Jn 1:1. That ye sin not - To keep you from sin, or to induce you to lead a holy life.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I write these things to you, that ye may not sin - Thus he guards them beforehand against abusing the doctrine of reconciliation. All the words, institutions, and judgments of God are levelled against sin, either that it may not be committed, or that it may be abolished. But if any one sin - Let him not lie in sin, despairing of help.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

My own dear children, that is, sons and daughters (see on 1Jo 2:12). these things-- (1Jo 1:6-10). My purpose in writing what I have just written is not that you should abuse them as giving a license to sin but, on the contrary, "in order that ye may not sin at all" (the Greek aorist, implying the absence not only of the habit, but of single acts of sin [ALFORD]).

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τεκνία	Teknia	Little children	G5040 →
μου,	mou	of mine,	G3165 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
γράφω	graphō	I am writing	G1125 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἁμάρτητε·	hamartēte	you may sin;	G264 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐάν	ean	if	G1437 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
ἁμάρτῃ,	hamartē	shall sin,	G264 →
παράκλητον	paraklēton	an advocate	G3875 →
ἔχομεν	echomen	we have	G2192 →
πρὸς	pros	with	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα,	patera	Father,	G3962 →
Ἰησοῦν	Iēsoun	Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστὸν	Christon	Christ	G5547 →
δίκαιον,	dikaion	[the] Righteous [One],	G1342 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
leads to
- Acts 4:12
  Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 10:9
  I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Ephesians 2:18
  For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 1:4
  In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
Through
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
  yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and…
- Galatians 3:20
  A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
Through
Romans 8:34
Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
leads to
- Hebrews 7:25
  Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John