1 John 2:1–2 | We Have an Advocate

“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.”

We all know what it’s like to fail, and failure is rarely quiet. Our conscience speaks. Our past speaks. Other people never let us forget, and of course, the loudest voice is often our own.

John the Apostle writes to people who know this experience. He takes sin seriously, and he offers a remarkable hope: when we fail, we don’t have to defend ourselves alone. We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous.