1 John 2  1My dear children, I write this letter to you so that
you will not sin. But if any person sins, we have Jesus Christ
to help us. He is the righteous ˻(good)˼ One. Jesus defends us
before God the Father. 2Jesus is the way our sins are taken
away. And Jesus is the way that all people can have their sins
taken away, too. 3If we obey what God has told us to do, then we
are sure that we truly know God. 4A person says, “I know God!”
But if that person does not obey God’s commands, then that
person is a liar. The truth is not in him. 5But when a person
obeys God’s teaching, then God’s love has truly arrived at its
goal in that person. This is how we know that we are following
God: 6If a person says that he lives in God, then he must live
like Jesus lived. 7My dear friends, I am not writing a new
command to you. It is the same command you have had since the
beginning. This command is the teaching you have already heard.
8But also I write this command to you as a new command. This
command is true; you can se