1 John 2:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Acts 10:43 : 43 To him all the prophets witness that through his name whoever believes in him shall receive forgiveness of sins.
  • Acts 13:38 : 38 Let it be known to you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:
  • Ps 106:8 : 8 Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • Acts 4:12 : 12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
  • Ps 25:11 : 11 For Your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
  • Ps 32:1-2 : 1 Blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not count iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
  • Luke 5:20 : 20 And when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, your sins are forgiven you.
  • Luke 7:47-50 : 47 Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. 48 And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven. 49 And those who sat at the meal with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that also forgives sins? 50 And he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
  • Rom 4:6-7 : 6 Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works, 7 Saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
  • Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
  • Eph 4:32 : 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
  • Col 1:14 : 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins:
  • 1 John 1:4 : 4 And these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
  • 1 John 2:7 : 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from the beginning.
  • 1 John 2:13-14 : 13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

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    13I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.

    14I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 1 John 2:1-2
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    1My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

    2And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

  • 2 Cor 2:9-10
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    9For to this end I also wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in all things.

    10To whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it for your sakes in the presence of Christ.

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    4You are from God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

  • 1 John 2:8-9
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    8Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

    9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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    11But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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    4Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

    5And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

    6Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

    8He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

    9Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • Col 1:14
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    14In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins:

  • 2 John 1:3-4
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    3Grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

    4I rejoiced greatly that I found your children walking in truth, as we received a commandment from the Father.

  • 1 John 2:21
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    21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  • 1 John 5:13
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  • Luke 1:77
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    77To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,

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    4And these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

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    14For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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    11For Your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

  • 2 John 1:13
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    13The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.

  • Eph 4:32
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    32And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

  • Luke 7:47-48
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    47Therefore I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.

    48And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • Eph 1:7
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    7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;

  • Mark 3:28
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    28Truly, I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and blasphemies by which they may blaspheme:

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    12Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

  • 1 John 4:10
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    10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 3 John 1:4
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    4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

  • 1 John 2:18
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    18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

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    18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

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    21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

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    12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.