1 John 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Clement of Alexandria

From the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus (215)

He then indicates the stages of advancement and progress of souls that are still located in the flesh; and calls those whose sins have been forgiven, for the Lord's name's sake, "little children," for many believe on account of the name only.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But from the thirteenth to 1 John ii, 13-27 the twenty-seventh verse, he divides them particularly into "fathers," "young men," and "little children." Because your sins are forgiven you - As if he had said, This is the sum of what I have now written. He then proceeds to other things, which are built upon this foundation.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Sins are forgiven either for God's name's sake, for the praise of his glory (his glorious perfections displayed in forgiveness), or for Christ's name's sake, upon his score, and upon the account of the redemption that is in him; and those that are forgiven of God are strongly obliged to relinquish this world, which so interferes with the love of God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Two classes, "fathers" and "young men," are addressed with the same words each time (except that the address to the young men has an addition expressing the source and means of their victory); but the "little sons" and "little children" are differently addressed. have known--and do know: so the Greek perfect means.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Γράφω	Graphō	I am writing	G1125 →
ὑμῖν,	humin	to you,	G4771 →
τεκνία,	teknia	little children,	G5040 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἀφέωνται	apheōntai	have been forgiven	G863 →
ὑμῖν	humin	your	G4771 →
αἱ	hai	<the>	G3588 →
ἁμαρτίαι	hamartiai	sins	G266 →
διὰ	dia	for the sake of	G1223 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὄνομα	onoma	name	G3686 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
leads to
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11
  For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 1 Timothy 2:5–6
  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- 1 John 5:11–12
  And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Through
Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Romans 3:24
  and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Colossians 1:14
  in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 John