1 John 2:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.

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  • Acts 10:43 : 43 To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.
  • Acts 13:38 : 38 And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:
  • Ps 106:8 : 8 But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
  • Acts 4:12 : 12 And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
  • Ps 25:11 : 11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
  • Ps 32:1-2 : 1 <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered. 2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
  • Luke 5:20 : 20 And seeing their faith he said, Man, you have forgiveness for your sins.
  • Luke 7:47-50 : 47 And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love. 48 And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins. 49 And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins? 50 And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.
  • Rom 4:6-7 : 6 As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying, 7 Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
  • Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
  • Col 1:14 : 14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:
  • 1 John 1:4 : 4 And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
  • 1 John 2:7 : 7 My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.
  • 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father. 14 I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

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  • 1 John 2:13-15
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    13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.

    14I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

    15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 1 John 2:1-2
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    1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

    2He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

    29If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

  • 2 Cor 2:9-10
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    9And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

    10But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

  • 1 John 2:8-9
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    8Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

    9He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

  • 1 John 1:7-10
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    7But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

    9If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

    10If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

  • 1 John 2:11
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    11But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

  • 1 John 3:4-10
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    4Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

    5And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.

    6Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

    7My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

    8The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

    9Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

    10In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

  • Col 1:14
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    14In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

  • 2 John 1:3-4
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    3May grace, mercy, and peace be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in all true love.

    4It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.

  • 1 John 2:21
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    21I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

  • Luke 1:77
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    77To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,

  • 1 John 1:4
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    4And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.

  • Matt 6:14
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    14For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

  • Ps 25:11
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    11Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

  • 2 John 1:13
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    13The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.

  • Eph 4:32
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    32And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

  • Luke 7:47-48
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    47And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.

    48And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

  • Eph 1:7
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    7In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

  • Mark 3:28
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    28Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

  • 1 John 4:10
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    10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 3 John 1:4
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    4I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

  • 1 John 2:18
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    18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.

  • 1 John 3:18
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    18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

  • 1 John 5:21
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    21My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

  • Heb 8:12
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    12And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.