1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little children, because you sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

Montgomery 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

11But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and is spending his life in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have fully overcome the Evil One. I have written to you, little children, because you have learned to know the father.

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Cross References

Luke 7:47"This is why I tell you that her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for her love is great; but he who is forgiven little, loves but little.

Acts 4:12"There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men, in which we must be saved."

Acts 13:38"Be it known unto you therefore, brothers, that remission of sins is proclaimed to you through this man;

Ephesians 1:7It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood;

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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