12I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.


In Context

9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.

10 Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.

11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.

12 I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

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 evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father.

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

1st John 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12I write to you, children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12I write to you, little children, because the sins have been forgiven you through his name;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.