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1Jn 2:1. Τεκνία μου, my little children) The diminutive, used as a mark of love. Now for the first time he names those to whom he writes.-ταῦτα, these things) which follow.-ἵνα μὴ ἁμάρτητε, that ye sin not) μὴ, lest, to be pronounced with emphasis. He fortifies their minds beforehand, lest they should abuse his discourse concerning reconciliation to a license for sinning. There is in this place προθεραπεία, a precautionary warning; and a similar ἐπιθεραπεία,1 an after-qualification of his previous words, ch. 1Jn 5:18, note. All the Divine purposes, words, and judgments, have for their aim to oppose sin, either to prevent its commission, or to destroy it.-ἐάν τις ἁμάρτῃ, if any man sin) and lose the confidence of asking for himself; respecting which, see Joh 16:26.-παράκλητον, an advocate) who pleads our cause, so that the Father may not turn away His love from us.-δίκαιον, the righteous) 1Jn 2:29. Jesus Christ, in the presence of the Father, at His right hand, chiefly from [owing to His] access to Him, having offered a sacrifice for sins, is called The Righteous, Joh 16:10. His righteousness takes away our sin: and it is not itself lessened from this circumstance, that He is the Advocate for sinners: Isa 53:11-12.