1 John 2:12

I write to you, sons, because forgiven to you are your sins for the sake of his name.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 who hateth his brother is in darkness, and in the darkness walketh, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness itself hath blinded his eyes.

13I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who hath been from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked. I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father.

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Cross References

Luke 7:47Therefore I tell thee, That forgiven to her are her many sins, because she hath loved much. For he to whom little is forgiven, little loveth.

Acts 4:12And in no other one is redemption: for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind, by which we must be saved.

Acts 13:38Know then, brethren, that through This himself is preached to you the remission of sins;

Ephesians 1:7in whom we have redemption, and by his blood the remission of sins, 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 →

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