1 John 2:12
I write to you, my children, because your sins have been forgiven you for his name's sake.
Noyes Bible
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 32:1“A psalm of David.” Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!
Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, Yet do thou, O Jehovah, act from a regard to thine own name. For our transgressions have been many; We have sinned against thee.
Luke 7:47Wherefore, I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven; for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loveth little.
Acts 4:12And there is salvation in no other; for there is not another name under heaven, that hath been given among men, by which we must be saved.
Acts 13:38Be it therefore known to you, brethren, that through this man is announced to you the forgiveness of sins;
Ephesians 1:7in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches 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 →