1 John 2:2

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

And {G2532} he {G846} is {G2076} the propitiation {G2434} for {G4012} our {G2257} sins {G266}: and {G1161} not {G3756} for {G4012} ours {G2251} only {G3440}, but {G235} also {G2532} for {G4012} the sins of the whole {G3650} world {G2889}.

Also, he is the kapparah for our sins — and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • 1 John 4:14 (28 votes)

    ¶ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

  • 1 Peter 3:18 (25 votes)

    ¶ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  • 1 John 4:10 (23 votes)

    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

  • John 1:29 (20 votes)

    ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

  • 1 Peter 2:24 (19 votes)

    Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  • John 4:42 (17 votes)

    And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard [him] ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:18 (15 votes)

    And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;