These verses relate to the concluding subject of the foregoing chapter, in which the apostle proceeds upon the supposition of the real Christian’s sin. And here he gives them both dissuasion and support. 1. Dissuasion. He would leave no room for sin: “ My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not , 1 John 2:1. The design or purport of this letter, the design of what I have j...