1 John 2:2 - Revised Standard Version CI

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Common English Bible

² He is God’s way of dealing with our sins, not only ours but the sins of the whole world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he is the propitiation for our sins. And not only for our sins, but also for those of the whole world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 John 2:2 Cross References

Leviticus 16:10

but the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel.

Luke 14:22

And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 12:32

and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”

John 4:42

They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit;

1 John 1:7

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

1 John 3:5

You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.