1 John 2:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of His Name.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² I am writing to you, little children, because for His name's sake your sins are forgiven [pardoned through His name and on account of confessing His name].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

Common English Bible

¹² Little children, I’m writing to you because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus’ name.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² I am writing to you, little sons, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of his name.

1 John 2:12 Cross References

Psalm 106:8

But He saved them for His Name’s sake, To make known His might.

Psalm 25:11

For Your Name’s sake, O יהוה, You shall pardon my crookedness, though it is great.

Jeremiah 14:7

O יהוה, though our crookednesses witness against us, act, for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings have been many, we have sinned against You.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His Name to all nations, beginning at Yerushalayim.

Luke 5:20

And having seen their belief, He said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

Acts 10:43

“To this One all the prophets bear witness, that through His Name, everyone believing in Him does receive forgiveness of sins.”

Acts 13:38

“Let it therefore be known to you, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

Acts 4:12

“And there is no deliverance in anyone else, for there is no other Name under the heaven given among men by which we need to be saved.”

1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were set apart, but you were declared right in the Name of the Master יהושע  and by the Spirit of our Elohim.

Ephesians 1:7

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of His favour,

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind towards one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Elohim also forgave you in Messiah.

Colossians 1:14

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins,

1 John 1:4

And we write this to you in order that your joy might be complete.

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 יהושע  Messiah His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is trustworthy and righteous to forgive us the sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 2:1

My little children, I write this to you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע  Messiah, a righteous One.

1 John 2:21

I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth.

1 John 2:7

Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.