1 John 2:12

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I write unto you, little children - There has been much difference of opinion among commentators in regard to this verse and the three following...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(i) I write unto you, (9) little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his (k) name's sake. (i) Therefore I write to you, because you are...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:12-14 slightly breaks the argument. It is prompted by John's desire to remove any impression which the earnestness of his previous words...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

are forgiven . App-174. for, &c . = on account of (App-104. 1 John 2:2 ) H is name.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 Little children This is still a general declaration, for he does not address those only of a tender age, but by little children he mea...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2437 THE DIFFERENT GROWTH AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S CHILDREN 1 John 2:12-14 . I write unto you, little children, because your sins are...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. I write unto you, little children - Τεκνια· Beloved childr...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:12 .— In this and the two following verses, St. John affectionately addresses Christians of various ages or standings in the church; c...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. Little children, х teknia ( G5040 )] - 'little...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers 1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle fel...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE THINGS THEY MUST NOT LOVE IF THEY WALKED IN THE LIGHT ( 1 John 2:12-17 ). — The solemnity of the thoughts of 1 John 2:9 ; 1 John 2:11 is too m...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Transient Desires, Abiding Life 1 John 2:12-17 There are gradations in Christian experience-the child, the father, the young man. The note of t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. (13) I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I write unto you, little children ,.... By whom the apostle means in common all the saints he writes to, whom he afterwards distributes into fathers...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. Ver. 12. I write unto you, little children ] A Christi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I write unto you, little , or beloved, children Because this appellation is used (1Jn 2:1) to denote Christians of all ages and characters. Beza,...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Against the Love of the World. A. D. 80. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He here uses an appellation before \ 1 John 2:1 \ applied to all in common, being put alone; but being now set in contradistinction to others, mu...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake (by means of his name).' John's tender concern continues to...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Know the Father and the Eternal Word and Must Beware of Loving The World ( 1 John 2:12-17 ). Having exhorted them of the need to remain true...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 2:12-17 indicate the things which the disciples must not love, if they would walk in the light, and be so...
Scofield Reference Notes

sins Sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:12 The Children; the Youths; the Old Men. I. "I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1-4 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus C...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. For this we ought to watch and strive, that we sin not. 1 John...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος, a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9 , the r...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 2:1 , 1 John 2:2 Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation wrought through Jesus Christ th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:4 ; 1 John 1:7 ; 1 John 1:9 ; 1 John 2:1 ; 1 John 2:13 ; 1 John 2:14 ; 1 John 2:21 ; 1 John 2:7 ; Acts 10:43 ; Acts 13:38 ; Acts...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I have written to you, beloved children — Thus St. John bespeaks all to whom he writes. But in 1 John 2:13-27 , he divides them particularly into...

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

Related Commentaries of 1 John 2:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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