2:1 (
My little children,
I am
writing these things to
you so that you may
not sin.
)
But if anyone does
sin, we
have an
advocate with the
Father,
Jesus Christ the
Righteous One,
2 and he
himself is the
atoning sacrifice for our sins, and
not only for our sins
but also for the
whole world.
3 Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments. 4 The one who says “I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person. 5 But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him. 6 The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
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