Definitions & Insights – Advocate

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. (I John 2:1 KJV)

advocate¹ – 3875 parakletos  – “summoned; called to one’s side, especially to one’s aid

– one who pleads another’s cause before a judge; counsel for defense

– an intercessor”

1. Larry Pierce, The Online Bible, CD-ROM (Winterbourne, Ontario: Larry Pierce, 2007), 1 John 2:1, advocate.