12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you,

and our sins testify against us;

for our transgressions are with us,

and as for our iniquities, we know them:

13 transgressing and denying the LORD,

and turning away from following our God,

speaking oppression and revolt,

conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counsellor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.