Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in 1 John 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:”

1 John 2:1 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in 1 John 2:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of 1 John 2. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

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.

3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
  • Romans 8:34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
  • John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • 1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • Hebrews 7:24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • Titus 2:11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
  • 1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
  • 1 John 3:18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
  • 1 John 3:7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
  • 1 John 2:28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
  • 1 Peter 4:1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
  • 1 John 2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
  • John 8:11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

More to meet God in 1 John

1 John 1:91 John 4:191 John 4:181 John 3:11 John 5:141 John 4:81 John 5:201 John 5:61 John 5:111 John 1:31 John 3:221 John 2:161 John 2:131 John 1:2

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.