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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
1 John 2:12 - Sake
1 John 2:12 - I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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I write | G1125 | γράφω |
[Verb] to |
unto you | G5213 | ὑμῖν |
to (with or by) you |
little children | G5040 | τεκνίον |
[Noun Neuter] an infant that is (plural figurative) darlings (Christian converts) |
because | G3754 | ὅτι |
[Conjunction] demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because |
your sins | G266 | ἁμαρτία |
[Noun Feminine] sin (properly abstract) |
are forgiven | G863 | ἀφίημι |
[Verb] an intensive form of εἶμι eimi (to go)); to send forth in various applications |
you | G5213 | ὑμῖν |
to (with or by) you |
for his name's sake | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.