2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.


In Context

1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.

4 The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1st John 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2and he — he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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