1 John 2:12

Babes I write vnto you how that youre synnes are forgeven you for his names sake.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

In Context

11He that hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes: and cannot tell whither he goeth because that darknes hath blynded his eyes.

13I wryte vnto you fathers how that ye have knowen him that was from the begynnynge. I wryte vnto you yonge men how that ye have overcome the wicked. I wryte vnto you lytell children how that ye have knowne the father.

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Cross References

Luke 7:47Wherefore I saye vnto the: many synnes are forgeve her for she loved moche. To whom lesse is forgeven the same doeth lesse love.

Acts 4:12Nether is ther salvacion in eny other. Nor yet also is ther eny other name geven to men wherin we must be saved.

Acts 13:38Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethren that thorow this man is preached vnto you the forgevenes of synnes

Ephesians 1:7By whom we have redemption thorow his bloude euen the forgevenes of synnes accordynge 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 →

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