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Christ Our Advocate

My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2.3 Cf. the words of Jesus, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (Jn 14.15).

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