11 translations · Greek
1 John 2:1
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
1 John 2:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
- KJV King James Version
- 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:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- 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,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- My dear children, I'm writing this to you so you shouldn't sin. But if anybody should happen to sin, we have someone who defends us before the Father—Jesus Christ, who is truly good and right.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,
- DBY Darby Translation
- My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ [the] righteous;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- My little children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. And if any man sinneth, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Τεκνία | Teknia | little children | G5040 τεκνίον children |
| μου | mou | My | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ταῦτα | tauta | these things | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| γράφω | graphō | I am writing | G1125 γράφω to write |
| ὑμῖν | hymin | to you | G4771 σύ you |
| ἵνα | hina | so that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| μὴ | mē | — | G3361 μή not |
| ἁμάρτητε | hamartēte | you will not sin | G264 ἁμαρτάνω to sin |
| καὶ | kai | [But] | G2532 καί and |
| ἐάν | ean | if | G1437 ἐάν if |
| τις | tis | anyone | G5100 τις one |
| ἁμάρτῃ | hamartē | does sin | G264 ἁμαρτάνω to sin |
| Παράκλητον | Paraklēton | an advocate | G3875 παράκλητος counsellor |
| ἔχομεν | echomen | we have | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| πρὸς | pros | before | G4314 πρός to/with |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατέρα | Patera | Father | G3962 πατήρ father |
| Ἰησοῦν | Iēsoun | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| Χριστὸν | Christon | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| δίκαιον | dikaion | [the] Righteous [One] | G1342 δίκαιος just |
Related verses
- 1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- Romans 8:34
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
- John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
- Hebrews 7:24–26
But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable. Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them. For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Titus 2:11–13
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age; looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
- 1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
- 1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
- 1 John 3:18
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
Read all of 1 John 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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