1 John 2:12
I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 32:1Blessed are those (LXX/NT) whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O LORD. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against thee.
Luke 7:47For this reason I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, loves little.
Acts 4:12And salvation is not in any other man, for there is no other name under the heaven, that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.
Acts 13:38Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.
Ephesians 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:8-12
The Law of Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none… Read the whole commentary →