1 John 2:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

These verses relate to the concluding subject of the foregoing chapter, in which the apostle proceeds upon the supposition of the real Christian's sin. And here he gives them both dissuasion and support. 1. Dissuasion. He would leave no room for sin: ?My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not, 1 John 2:1. The design or purport of this letter, the design of what I have just said concerning communion with God and the overthrow of it by an irreligious course, is to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:1-2

2:1-2 My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. But, if anyone does sin, we have one who will plead our cause to the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. For he is the propitiating sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. The first thing to note in this passage is the sheer affection in it. John begins with the address, "My little children." Both in Latin and in Greek diminutives carry a special affection. They are words... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:1-2

It will take us some considerable time to deal with these two verses for there are hardly any other two in the New Testament which so succinctly set out the work of Christ. Let us first set out the problem. It is clear that Christianity is an ethical religion; that is what John is concerned to stress. But it is also clear that man is so often an ethical failure. Confronted with the demands of God, he admits them and accepts them--and then fails to keep them. Here, then, there is a barrier... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:1-2

John goes on to say that Jesus is the propitiation for our sins. The word is hilasmos ( Greek #2434 ). This is a more difficult picture for us fully to grasp. The picture of the advocate is universal for all men have experience of a friend coming to their aid; but the picture in propitiation is from sacrifice and is more natural to the Jewish mind than to ours. To understand it we must get at the basic ideas behind it. The great aim of all religion is fellowship with God, to know him as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins ,.... For the sins of us who now believe, and are Jews: and not for ours only ; but for the sins of Old Testament saints, and of those who shall hereafter believe in Christ, and of the Gentiles also, signified in the next clause: but also for the sins of the whole world ; the Syriac version renders it, "not for us only, but also for the whole world"; that is, not for the Jews only, for John was a Jew, and so were those he wrote unto, but for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:2

And he is the propitiation - ' Ἱλασμος· The atoning sacrifice for our sins. This is the proper sense of the word as used in the Septuagint, where it often occurs; and is the translation of אשם asham , an oblation for sin, Amos 8:14 . חטאת chattath , a sacrifice for sin, Ezekiel 44:27 . כפור kippur , an atonement, Numbers 5:8 . See the note on Romans 3:25 , and particularly the note on Luke 18:13 . The word is used only here and in 1 John 4:10 . And not for ours... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:2

Verse 2 2And not for ours only He added this for the sake of amplifying, in order that the faithful might be assured that the expiation made by Christ, extends to all who by faith embrace the gospel. Here a question may be raised, how have the sins of the whole world been expiated? I pass by the dotages of the fanatics, who under this pretense extend salvation to all the reprobate, and therefore to Satan himself. Such a monstrous thing deserves no refutation. They who seek to avoid this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation wrought through Jesus Christ the Righteous. The connexion with the preceding is close. We have just had read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

God's remedy for sin. Connecting link: The being without sin, although that to which we cannot as yet pretend without frustrating the purpose of God's revelation of himself, is nevertheless a point to be aimed at in our advance in and towards the light, and is the purpose of the apostle in unfolding his teachings. Hence there immediately suggests itself the following topic— The completeness of the Divine provision for the forgiveness and cure of sin. It is by no means an unimportant... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

Our Advocate and Propitiation. "My little children, these things write I unto you," etc. Very tender and eminently Johannean is the opening of this paragraph. "My little children." The appellation suggests: 1 . The spiritual paternity of the apostle. St. Paul addressed the same words to those Galatian Christians whom he had spiritually begotten ( Galatians 4:19 ). He referred with great tenderness and force to the same relationship in writing to the Corinthians ( 1 Corinthians... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:1-2

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:1-2

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 John 2:1-2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 John 2:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 John 2:1-2

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