little children. App-108. Seven times in this epistle. Elsewhere only in Joh_13:33. Gal_1:4, Gal_1:19. In verses: 1Jn_2:2, 1Jn_2:13, 1Jn_2:18 a different word is used.
unto = to.
that ye . . . sin. Note carefully the telic force of the Greek hina here; "to the end that ye may not (commit) sin (habitually). "
that. Greek. hina.
sin not = may not sin.
sin. App-128.
not. App-105.
if . . . sin = should any man sin, i.e. commit an act of sin
if. App-118.
any man. App-123.
advocate. Greek. parakletos. See Joh_14:16. Compare Rom_8:34.