God & Savior

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
1 John 2:1
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

Τεκνία μου, ταῦτα γράφω ὑμῖν ἵνα μὴ ἁμάρτητε· καὶ ἐάν τις ἁμάρτῃ, παράκλητον ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν δίκαιον,

  1. ΤεκνίαTeknia“Little children”
    Noun, vocative, plural, neuter · from τεκνίον · “children” · Strong's G5040
  2. μου,mou“of mine,”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  3. ταῦταtauta“these things”
    Demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter · from οὗτος · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
  4. γράφωgraphō“I am writing”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person singular · “to write” · Strong's G1125
  5. ὑμῖνhumin“to you”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  6. ἵναina“so that”
    Conjunction · “in order that/to” · Strong's G2443
  7. μὴmē“not”
    Particle, negative · from μή · “not” · Strong's G3361
  8. ἁμάρτητε·hamartēte“you may sin;”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, subjunctive, 2nd person plural · from ἁμαρτάνω · “to sin” · Strong's G0264
  9. καὶkai“And”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  10. ἐάνean“if”
    Conditional · “if” · Strong's G1437
  11. τιςtis“anyone”
    Indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “one” · Strong's G5100
  12. ἁμάρτῃ,hamartē“shall sin,”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular · from ἁμαρτάνω · “to sin” · Strong's G0264
  13. παράκλητονparaklēton“an advocate”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from παράκλητος · “counsellor” · Strong's G3875
  14. ἔχομενechomen“we have”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from ἔχω · “to have/be” · Strong's G2192
  15. πρὸςpros“with”
    Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
  16. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  17. πατέρα,patera“Father,”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from πατήρ · “father” · Strong's G3962
  18. ἸησοῦνIēsoun“Jesus”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  19. ΧριστὸνChriston“Christ”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  20. δίκαιον,dikaion“[the] Righteous [One],”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, masculine · from δίκαιος · “just” · Strong's G1342
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)