(Middlebury, Indiana)
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 (NIV)
I write this, dear children, to guide you out of sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a Priest-Friend in the presence of the Father: Jesus Christ, righteous Jesus. When he served as a sacrifice for our sins, he solved the sin problem for good—not only ours, but the whole world’s.
1 John 2:1-2 (The Message)
It was through His sacrificial death that our sins were atoned. But He did not stop there—He died for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 (The Voice)
And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
1 John 2:2 (NKJV)
He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.
1 John 2:2 (New Living Translation)
