1 My little children, I am writing these things to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, 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 the sins of the whole world.
3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 The one who says “I have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.