1 John 2:1 Cross References - WPNT

¹ My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you not sin; if someone does sin, we have an Advocate in the Father’s presence, righteous Jesus Christ—

²² And turning to the disciples He said: “All things have been entrusted to me by my Father; also, no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and to whomever the Son may choose to reveal Him.”

¹⁴ After these things Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well. Don’t sin any more, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

¹⁹ Then Jesus answered and said to them: “Most assuredly I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything from Himself, except something He sees the Father doing; because whatever things He does, precisely these the Son also does. ²⁰ For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He Himself is doing; and He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may marvel. ²¹ Now just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, just so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² In fact the Father does not judge anyone but has committed all the judging to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. ²⁴ “Most assuredly I say to you that the one listening to my word and believing on Him who sent me has eternal life; he will not go into judging but has moved out of the death into the life. ²⁵ “Most assuredly I say to you that a time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live. ²⁶ Because just as the Father has life in Himself just so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

³⁶ But I have a greater testimony than John’s, because the works that the Father gave me to complete—the very works that I am doing—they testify about me that the Father has sent me.

²⁷ Do not work for the food that wastes away but for the food that endures into life eternal, which the Son of Man will give you; because on Him God the Father has set His seal.”

¹¹ So she said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on don’t sin any more.”

¹⁵ Just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep.

³³ “Little children, I am with you just a little longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.

⁶ Jesus says to him: “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one goes to the Father except through me.

⁵ Then Jesus says to them, “Boys, you don’t have any food, do you?” They answered Him, “No.”

¹ So what shall we say? Shall we continue in the sin so that the grace may abound? ² Of course not! How can we who died to sin keep on living in it?

¹⁵ What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Of course not!

³⁴ Who is he who condemns? Christ is He who died, but even more, was indeed raised, who indeed is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes on our behalf.

¹⁴ I am not writing these things to shame you; I am admonishing you as my dear children. ¹⁵ Because even if you were to have thousands of tutors in Christ, you would not have many fathers, because I am the one who begot you in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel.

³⁴ Sober up righteously, and stop sinning, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

²¹ Because He made the One who did not know sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become God’s righteousness.

¹⁹ My little children, for whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you

¹⁸ because through Him we both have access to the Father, by one Spirit.

²⁶ ‘Be angry but don’t sin’; do not let the sun set on your angry mood,

⁵ For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men—a man! —Jesus Christ,

¹⁴ Although I hope to come to you shortly, I am writing these things to you

¹¹ For the saving grace of God has appeared for all men, ¹² teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live prudently, righteously and godly in this present age, ¹³ looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

²⁴ while He\up6 [S]\up0, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. ²⁵ Therefore He is able to save absolutely those who come to God through Him, since He always lives and can intercede on their behalf. ²⁶ Now such a High Priest was fitting for us—holy, innocent, undefiled, having been set apart from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens—

²⁴ For Christ did not enter into Holy Places made by hands, mere copies of the true ones, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in God’s presence on our behalf;

²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion before God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity; to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

⁹ With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse the people who have been made in God’s likeness.

¹⁵ but just as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your way of life, ¹⁶ because it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” ¹⁷ Also, since you invoke as Father the One who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves during the time of your sojourn here in fear, ¹⁸ knowing that it was not with perishable things (silver or gold) that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down by your forefathers, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a faultless and pure lamb;

²² who did not commit sin, neither was deceit found in His mouth;

¹⁸ Because Christ also suffered on account of sins, once for all, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God; having been put to death, to be sure, in flesh but having been made alive in spirit;

¹ Therefore, since Christ suffered on our behalf in flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mentality (for the one who has ‘suffered in flesh’ has been made to cease from sin) ² so as not to live your remaining time in flesh for human lusts any longer, but for the will of God. ³ Because the time that has passed is plenty for you to have performed the will of the pagans—having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, carousings and disgusting idolatries—

³ that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us; indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. ⁴ Yes, we write these things to you so that our joy may be fulfilled.

⁸ If we claim that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the Truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins He is faithful and righteous so as to forgive us those sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we claim that we have not sinned, we call Him a liar and His Word is not in us.

¹² Dear children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for His name’s sake ¹³ —fathers, I am writing to you because you have come to know Him who is from the beginning; young men, I am writing to you because you have overcome the evil one; children, I am writing to you because you have come to know the Father—

²⁸ And now, dear children, do abide in Him, so that whenever He appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. ²⁹ If you have understood that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been begotten by Him.

⁵ And you know that He was revealed in order to remove our sins—in Him there is no sin.

⁷ Dear children, let no one mislead you; he who keeps doing righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

¹⁸ My dear children, let us not love in word or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth

⁴ Dear children, you are of God and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than the one in the world.

²¹ Dear children, guard yourselves from idols. Amen.