20 cBut he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”
17 vWhen I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But vhe laid his right hand on me, wsaying, “Fear not, xI am the first and the last,
18 and the living one. yI died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and zI have the keys of Death and Hades.
25 “I, I am he
uwho blots out vyour transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.
5 And I said: “Woe is me! yFor I am lost; zfor I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the aKing, the Lord of hosts!”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he btouched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
22 aI have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Christ Our Advocate
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, ywe have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
