1 John 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ's Propitiation and Its Influence upon the Life of the Christians.

Christ our Advocate and Propitiation:

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1 John 2:1-2

¹ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

² And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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