1 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.
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My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
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He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.