1 John 2:12
1 John chapter 2 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
Context
v.11But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
v.12This passage
v.13I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 13:38
Be it known unto you therefore, brethren, that through this man is proclaimed unto you remission of sins:
- 1 John 2:7
Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.
- Colossians 1:14
in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins:
- 1 John 2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
- Luke 5:20
And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.