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1 John 2

1 John 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
little children
teknion (Greek #5040)
an infant, i.e. (plural figuratively) darlings (Christian converts)
KJV usage: little children.
Pronounce: tek-nee'-on
Origin: diminutive of 5043
, these things
tauta (Greek #5023)
these things
KJV usage: + afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
Pronounce: tow'-tah
Origin: nominative or accusative case neuter plural of 3778
write I
grapho (Greek #1125)
to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe
KJV usage: describe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: graf'-o
Origin: a primary verb
unto you
humin (Greek #5213)
to (with or by) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your(-selves).
Pronounce: hoo-min'
Origin: irregular dative case of 5210
, that
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
ye sin
hamartano (Greek #264)
properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin
KJV usage: for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.
Pronounce: ham-ar-tan'-o
Origin: perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 3313
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
. And
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
if
ean (Greek #1437)
a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty
KJV usage: before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever). See 3361.
Pronounce: eh-an'
Origin: from 1487 and 302
any man
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
sin
hamartano (Greek #264)
properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin
KJV usage: for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.
Pronounce: ham-ar-tan'-o
Origin: perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 3313
, we have
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
an advocate
parakletos (Greek #3875)
an intercessor, consoler
KJV usage: advocate, comforter.
Pronounce: par-ak'-lay-tos
f with
pros (Greek #4314)
a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)
KJV usage: about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in). In the comparative case, it denotes essentially the same applications, namely, motion towards, accession to, or nearness at.
Pronounce: pros
Origin: a strengthened form of 4253
the Father
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pater (Greek #3962)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV usage: father, parent.
Pronounce: pat-ayr'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, Jesus
Iesous (Greek #2424)
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
KJV usage: Jesus.
Pronounce: ee-ay-sooce'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (03091)
Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
the righteous
dikaios (Greek #1342)
equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
KJV usage: just, meet, right(-eous).
Pronounce: dik'-ah-yos
Origin: from 1349
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Rom. 8:34• 34who is he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather risen too, who is also at [the] right hand of God, who also pleadeth for us: (Rom. 8:34)
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Heb. 7:25• 25Whence also he is able to save completely those that approach God through him, as ever living to intercede for them. (Heb. 7:25)

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Christ,
Father,
Paraclete,
Righteousness,
Sin,
The Advocate,
The Lord Jesus

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-2:  He comforts them against the sins of infirmity.
3-8:  Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments;
9-14:  to love our brethren;
15-17:  and not to love the world.
18-19:  We must beware of seducers;
20-29:  from whose deceits the godly are safe, preserved by perseverance in faith, and holiness of life.
little.
1 John 2:12‑13• 12I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven you for his name's sake.
 13I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from [the] beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one; I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father. (1 John 2:12‑13)
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1 John 3:7,18• 7Dear children, let no one lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous.
 18Dear children, let us not love with word nor with the tongue, but in deed and truth. (1 John 3:7,18)
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1 John 4:4• 4Ye are of God, dear children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world. (1 John 4:4)
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1 John 5:21• 21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:21)
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John 13:33• 33Little children , yet a little I am with you. Ye will seek me; and, even as I said to the Jews, where I go away ye cannot come, also to you I say now. (John 13:33)
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John 21:5• 5Jesus therefore saith to them, Children, have ye anything to eat? They answered him, No. (John 21:5)
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1 Cor. 4:14‑15• 14Not to abash you do I write these things, but as my beloved children I admonish [you];
 15for if ye should have ten thousand child-guides in Christ, yet not many fathers, for in Christ Jesus, through the gospel, I begot you. (1 Cor. 4:14‑15)
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Gal. 4:19• 19My children, with whom I again travail, until Christ shall have been formed in you, (Gal. 4:19)
these.
1 John 1:3‑4• 3that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; yea, and our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
 4And these things [we] write [to you] that your joy may be made full. (1 John 1:3‑4)
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1 Tim. 3:14• 14These things write I to thee, hoping to come unto thee rather quickly; (1 Tim. 3:14)
that.
Psa. 4:4•  (Psa. 4:4)
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Ezek. 3:21•  (Ezek. 3:21)
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John 5:14• 14After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art made well. Sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee. (John 5:14)
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John 8:11• 11And she said, No one, Sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more. (John 8:11)
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Rom. 6:1‑2,15• 1What then shall we say? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
 2Let it not be. We which died to sin, how shall we live any longer in it?
 15What then? Are we to sin, because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be. (Rom. 6:1‑2,15)
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1 Cor. 15:34• 34Wake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak unto your shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)
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Eph. 4:26• 26Be angry and sin not: let not the sun set upon your wrath, (Eph. 4:26)
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Titus 2:11‑13• 11For the grace of God appeared bringing salvation to all men,
 12instructing us that, having denied ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godlily in this present age,
 13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:11‑13)
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1 Peter 1:15‑19• 15but according to the Holy One that called you, be ye also holy in every [part of] conduct,
 16because it is written, Holy ye shall be, because I [am] holy.
 17And if as Father ye call on Him that impartially judgeth according to the work of each, pass the time of your sojourning in fear,
 18knowing that not by corruptibles, silver or gold, ye were redeemed, from your vain course ancestrally handed down,
 19but by precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, (1 Peter 1:15‑19)
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1 Peter 4:1‑3• 1Since Christ then suffered [for us] in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; because he that suffered in flesh hath ceased from sin,
 2no longer to live the rest of time in flesh to men's lusts but to God's will.
 3For the past time [is] sufficient to have wrought out the will of the Gentiles, walking as ye had done in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-bibbings, revels, carousings, and unhallowed idolatries; (1 Peter 4:1‑3)
And if.
1 John 1:8‑10• 8If we say that we have no sin, we mislead ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
 10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8‑10)
we have.
Rom. 8:34• 34who is he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather risen too, who is also at [the] right hand of God, who also pleadeth for us: (Rom. 8:34)
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1 Tim. 2:5• 5For [there is] one God, one Mediator also of God and men, Christ Jesus a man, (1 Tim. 2:5)
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Heb. 7:24‑25• 24but he because of his abiding forever hath the priesthood untransferable.
 25Whence also he is able to save completely those that approach God through him, as ever living to intercede for them. (Heb. 7:24‑25)
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Heb. 9:24• 24For the Christ entered not into handmade holies, figures of the true, but into the heaven itself now to appear to the face of God for us; (Heb. 9:24)
Father.
Luke 10:22• 22All things have been delivered to me by my Father, {i}and{/i} no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal [him]. (Luke 10:22)
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John 5:19‑26,36• 19Jesus then answered and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself unless he sees the Father doing something; for whatever things he doeth, these also the Son doeth in like manner.
 20For the Father loveth the Son and showeth him all things which he himself doeth; and he will show him greater works than these that ye may wonder.
 21For even as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth, so the Son also quickeneth whom he will;
 22for not even the Father judgeth anyone, but hath given all the judgment to the Son;
 23that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father that sent him.
 24Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word and believeth him that sent me hath life eternal, and cometh not into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.
 25Verily, verily I say to you, An hour is coming and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that have heard shall live.
 26For even as the Father hath life in himself, so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself;
 36But I have the witness greater than of John; for the works which the Father hath given me that I should complete them, the works themselves which I do bear witness about me that the Father hath sent me. (John 5:19‑26,36)
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John 6:27• 27Work not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that abideth unto life eternal which the Son of man shall give you; for him the Father sealed, [even] God. (John 6:27)
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John 10:15• 15even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep. (John 10:15)
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John 14:6• 6Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father but by me. (John 14:6)
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Eph. 2:18• 18For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:18)
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James 1:27• 27A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
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James 3:9• 9Therewith we bless the Lord and [the] Father, and therewith we curse men that are made according to God's likeness. (James 3:9)
the righteous.
1 John 2:29• 29If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one that doeth righteousness hath been begotten of him. (1 John 2:29)
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1 John 3:5• 5And ye know that he was manifested that he might take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (1 John 3:5)
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Zech. 9:9•  (Zech. 9:9)
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2 Cor. 5:21• 21him that knew not sin he made sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)
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Heb. 7:26• 26For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens, (Heb. 7:26)
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1 Peter 2:22• 22who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; (1 Peter 2:22)
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1 Peter 3:18• 18Because even Christ once suffered for sins, just for unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in flesh, but made alive in [the] Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18)
• The restoration of communion on failure is found in 1 John 2:1-2, founded on the righteous One being before God for us, and the propitiation made. (“Leviticus 4-7” by J.N. Darby)
• The presence of sin in the flesh by no means obliges us to walk after the flesh. But if it should take place, there is provision made by grace, in order that grace may act, and that we may be neither condemned nor brought again under the law. (“1 John 2” by J.N. Darby)
• When communion is interrupted, when we have sinned (not when we have repented; for it is His intercession that leads to repentance), Christ intercedes for us. (“1 John 2” by J.N. Darby)
• While yet on earth, before Peter had committed the sin, He prayed for him; at the given moment He looks on him, and Peter repents and weeps bitterly for his offense. Afterwards the Lord does all that is necessary to make Peter judge the root itself of the sin; but all is grace. It is the same in our case. (“1 John 2” by J.N. Darby)
• The two first verses connect themselves as a kind of supplement to the preceding chapter. (“Notes on 1 John 2:1-11” by J.N. Darby)
• The object of all this was that they should not sin. (“Notes on 1 John 2:1-11” by J.N. Darby)
• Whenever he speaks of grace, he speaks of the Father and Son, and when of light he speaks of God. (“Notes on 1 John 2:1-11” by J.N. Darby)
• Advocacy here is connected with the Father. Where communion is interrupted, it is restored: we do not cease to be sons and to be accepted. (“Notes on 1 John 2:1-11” by J.N. Darby)
• The place which we have with God abides there, because Christ, the righteous One, is there. (“Notes on 1 John 2:1-11” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My childreng, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patronh with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

JND Translation Notes

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g
Teknia (a diminutive). It is a term of parental affection. It applies to Christians irrespective of growth. Used in vers. 12.28; chs. 3.7,18; 4.4; 5.21; John 13.33; Gal. 4.19
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Parakletos, as "comforter," John 14.16,26; 15.26; 16.7. Christ manages all our affairs for us above; the Holy Spirit below. I use "patron" in the sense rather of the Roman patron, who maintained the interests of his clients in every way. So Christ on high; the Spirit here for saints.

W. Kelly Translation

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My dear children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And if anyone sin, we have an Advocatea with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteousb;

WK Translation Notes

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a
"Advocate" is the same word (Paraklēton) that the apostle John applies in the Gospel to the Holy Spirit, which is conveyed not so correctly there as "the Comforter." Whereas its meaning as understood from its application in Scripture, rather signify one called on our behalf who can perfectly do for us what we are and must be incapable of doing. It answered to the "Patron" among the early Romans, when there was among them a moral feeling strong for heathen people. Their clients could look up to their chiefs, who could claim the aid of the "Patron," and he was bound, by the very fact of being their chief, to take a personal and active interest in every one needing his help that belonged to the clan. But advocacy was the idea. See note to {vi 26685}{/vi}.
b
The word "righteous" is anarthrous (thus the brackets). The general sense, however, of verses 1 and 2 is accurately given in the RV where the KJV had greatly failed.