2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
2 When he served as a sacrifice for our sins, he solved the sin problem for good - not only ours, but the whole world's.
2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
2 He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins-and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 John 2:2
Commentary on 1 John 2:1-2
(Read 1 John 2:1-2)
When have an Advocate with the Father; one who has undertaken, and is fully able, to plead in behalf of every one who applies for pardon and salvation in his name, depending on his pleading for them. He is "Jesus," the Saviour, and "Christ," the Messiah, the Anointed. He alone is "the Righteous One," who received his nature pure from sin, and as our Surety perfectly obeyed the law of God, and so fulfilled all righteousness. All men, in every land, and through successive generations, are invited to come to God through this all-sufficient atonement, and by this new and living way. The gospel, when rightly understood and received, sets the heart against all sin, and stops the allowed practice of it; at the same time it gives blessed relief to the wounded consciences of those who have sinned.