1 John 2:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

1 John 2:12 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

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Acts 10:43
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Acts 13:38
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Psalms 106:8
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-17)

This new command of holy love, with the incentives thereto, may possibly be directed to the several ranks of disciples that are here accosted. The several graduates in the Christian university, the catholic church, must be sure to preserve the bond of sacred love. Or, there being an important dehortation and dissuasion to follow, without the observance of which vital religion in the love of God an…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. little children--Greek, “little sons,” or “dear sons and daughters”; not the same Greek as in 1Jo 2:13, “little children,” “infants” (in age and standing). He calls ALL to whom he writes, “little sons” (1Jo 2:1, Greek; 1Jo 2:28; 3:18; 4:4; 5:21); but only in 1Jo 2:13, 18 he uses the term “little children,” or “infants.” Our Lord, whose Spirit John so deeply drank into, used to His disciples (J…