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1 John 2:1

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:

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Τεκνίαteknialittle childrenτεκνίον (teknion)noun, vocative, plural, neuter — “little children”, the calling formG5040a little child.little childrenμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsγράφωgraphōwrite Iγράφωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “write I”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1125I write; pass: it is written, it stands written (in the scriptures).write Iὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἁμάρτητεhamartēteye sinἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “ye sin”, a single actionG264originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow-creature is present.ye sinκαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐάνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ifτιςtisany manτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “any man”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.any manἁμάρτῃhamartēsinἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “sin”, a single actionG264originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow-creature is present.sinπαράκλητονparaklētonan advocateπαράκλητος (paraklētos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “an advocate”, the object formG3875(a) an advocate, intercessor, (b) a consoler, comforter, helper, (c) Paraclete.This verse uses “an advocate”.an advocateἔχομενechomento haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.πρὸςproswithπρόςpreposition — “with”G4314to, towards, with.This verse uses “with”.withτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πατέραpateraFatherπατήρ (patēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Father”, the object formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.the FatherἸησοῦνiēsounJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.JesusΧριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.Christδίκαιονdikaionrighteousδίκαιος (dikaios)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “righteous”, the object formG1342just; especially, just in the eyes of God; righteous; the elect (a Jewish idea).This verse uses “righteous”.the righteous

Literal (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,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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:

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,

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.

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;

Douay-Rheims

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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