1Jo 2:1 | Family | STEP | My little children ; believers; an endearing appellation from an aged apostle. These things ; what he has just said of God's readiness to forgive the sins of those who confess them. . That ye sin not ; the offer of forgiveness is made to us that we may be encouraged to forsake sin and return to God. . An advocate ; in the original the word is the same that is rendered "Comforter," , where it is applied to the Holy Spirit. Under the general idea of Helper, or Counsellor, it includes both these special meanings of Advocate and Comforter. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the true antidote both to presumption and despair.

1 John 2:1

My little children; believers; an endearing appellation from an aged apostle.

These things; what he has just said of God's readiness to forgive the sins of those who confess them. 1Jo 1:7,9.

That ye sin not; the offer of forgiveness is made to us that we may be encouraged to forsake sin and return to God. Ps 130:4.

An advocate; in the original the word is the same that is rendered "Comforter," Joh 14:16-26; 15:26; 16:7, where it is applied to the Holy Spirit. Under the general idea of Helper, or Counsellor, it includes both these special meanings of Advocate and Comforter. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the true antidote both to presumption and despair.