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Jesus Our Advocate

1 John 2:2

In 9 translations

BSB
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.Or the propitiation
KJV
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
WEB
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.“atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “ιλασμος”, an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin.
ASV
and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
LSV
and He is [the] propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the whole world,
YLT
and he — he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,
DBY
and he is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.
DRC
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
GNV
And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole world.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ αὐτὸς ἱλασμός ἐστιν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων δὲ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ὅλου τοῦ κόσμου.
RP2018
καὶ αὐτὸς ἱλασμός ἐστιν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν· οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων δὲ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ὅλου τοῦ κόσμου.
TR-Boyd
καὶ αὐτὸς ἱλασμός ἐστι περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν· οὐ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων δὲ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ ὅλου τοῦ κόσμου.
SCR1894
και αυτος ιλασμος εστιν περι των αμαρτιων ημων ου περι των ημετερων δε μονον αλλα και περι ολου του κοσμου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 John 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
  • 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
  • John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
  • 1 John 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
  • John 4:42They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
  • 2 Corinthians 5:18–21All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He…
  • John 11:51–52Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation, and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them…
  • 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • Romans 3:25–26God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. He did this to demonstrate…
  • John 12:32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.”
  • Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  • 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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