1 John 2:12
I write to you, ye children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
Luke 7:47I therefore say to thee: Her many sins are forgiven her, for she loveth much. But he, to whom little is forgiven, loveth little.
Acts 4:12Neither is there deliverance in any other; for there is not another name under heaven, which is given to men, whereby to live.
Acts 13:38Know therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.
Ephesians 1:7by whom we have redemption, and the forgiveness of sins by his blood, 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 →