1 John 2:2

And he is ye attonement for our sinnes: not for our sinnes only, but also for the sinnes of all the worlde.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

In Context

1My litle chyldren, these thynges write I vnto you, that ye sinne not. And yf any man sinne, we haue an aduocate with the father, Iesus Christe the ryghteous.

3And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes.

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Cross References

Romans 3:25Whom God hath set foorth to be a propitiatio, through fayth in his blood, to declare his ryghteousnes, in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past,

1 Peter 2:24Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we beyng deliuered from sinne, shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes: By whose strypes ye were healed.

1 John 1:7But and yf we walke in light, euen as he is in lyght, then haue we felowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.

1 John 4:14And we haue seene, and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:2-3

Christ the Propitiation. ( a. d. 80.) 1 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: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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