1 John 2:12 meaning and explanation
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
1 John 2:12, Berean Standard Bible
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John, the elder writing to a congregation troubled by teachers who had split from them, now addresses his readers directly as "little children," a warm term of affection he uses throughout the letter. The reason he gives is not a command but a fact already true of them: their sins have been forgiven through His name, that is, on the basis of who Jesus is and what He has done.
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