1 John 2:1

John writes to keep believers from sin, yet assures that when we do sin, Jesus the righteous is our Advocate before the Father. Grace does not excuse sin but covers it.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
• Rom 8:34Who 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.
• John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
• 1 Jn 1:8–10If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• Heb 7:24–26But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.
• 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Titus 2:11–13For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
• 1 Jn 4:4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
• 1 Jn 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.
• 1 Jn 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
• 1 Jn 2:28–29And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
• 1 Pet 4:1–3Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
• 1 Jn 2:12–13I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
• John 8:11“No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”
• Heb 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
• 1 Pet 1:15–19But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
• Ezek 3:21But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
• Eph 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• 1 Jn 3:5But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
• John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• John 5:19–26So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
• Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
• Eph 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
• Gal 4:19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
• 1 Pet 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
• John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
• John 5:36But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
• John 5:14Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
• Rom 6:1–2What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
• 1 Cor 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
• Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• 1 Pet 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
• 1 Jn 1:3–4We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
• Jas 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
• Ps 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
• 1 Jn 5:21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
• 1 Cor 4:14–15I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
• Rom 6:15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
• Jas 3:9With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
• John 13:33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

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