1 John 2:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 And 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.
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
  • John 4:42 : 42 And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.
  • John 11:51-52 : 51 He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
  • John 1:29 : 29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
  • 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.
  • John 12:32 : 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me.
  • Rom 3:25-26 : 25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment; 26 And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.
  • 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace; 19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace. 20 So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God. 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 2:1
    83%

    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 4:9-10
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    9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

    10 And 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.

  • 1 John 3:4-8
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    4 Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

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

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

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

    8 The 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.

  • 1 John 1:7-10
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    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.

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

    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.

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

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

  • 1 John 2:12
    73%

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

  • Rom 3:24-25
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    73%

    24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

    25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

  • Col 1:14
    72%

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

  • Gal 1:4
    72%

    4 Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

  • 2 Cor 5:19
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    19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

  • Rom 5:8-9
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    8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

    9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.

  • Heb 9:28
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    28 So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.

  • John 3:16-17
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    16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

    17 God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

  • Rom 5:11
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    11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

  • Titus 2:14
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    14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

  • 1 Tim 2:5-6
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    5 For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

    6 Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;

  • 1 Pet 3:18
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    18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17 All evil-doing is sin: but death is not the punishment for every sort of sin.

  • Heb 5:3
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    3 And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people.

  • Heb 9:25-26
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    69%

    25 And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;

    26 For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

  • Heb 7:27
    68%

    27 Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    68%

    15 Have 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.

    16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

  • Eph 1:7
    68%

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

  • John 1:29
    68%

    29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

  • 1 John 1:3
    68%

    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 1 John 4:17
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    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

  • 1 Pet 2:24
    67%

    24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

  • Heb 10:18
    67%

    18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no more offering for sin.

  • 1 John 5:19
    67%

    19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

  • 1 John 4:14
    67%

    14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

  • Rom 4:25
    67%

    25 Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.

  • 1 Tim 2:3
    67%

    3 This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;

  • Luke 1:77
    67%

    77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,

  • 2 John 1:9
    67%

    9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 2:3
    67%

    3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.