1 John 2:2 - Compare All Versions
1 John 2:2 NIV (New International Version)
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 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 NLT (New Living Translation)
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 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
He himself is the atoning sacrifice , for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 KJV (King James Version)
and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 NKJV (New King James Version)
And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
1 John 2:1-3 MSG (The Message)
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 2:2 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 2:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)
And He [that same Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins [the atoning sacrifice that holds back the wrath of God that would otherwise be directed at us because of our sinful nature—our worldliness, our lifestyle]; and not for ours alone, but also for [the sins of all believers throughout] the whole world.
1 John 2:2 NET (New English Translation)
and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.