1 John 2:2

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 2:1-29

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος , a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9, the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the she goat, and the ram, yet all the three are offered as atoning victims. The reference here is to Christ, our Ilasterion. Romans 3:25. Hebrews 9:5. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. In him we draw near to God, through his blood; so that if any man do sin in the church, he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 John 2:1-6

1 John 2:1-6My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not Preventatives against sinThe connection between chapters 1 and 2 seems to be this: I have taught you something of the nature and universality of sin, and of the deceivers who say they have no sin, but you are not to understand me as teaching that sin is an element of our being, or attached to us by any absolute necessity, or infused into us by the will or authority of the Deity, or of such might that resistance is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 John 2:2

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Ver. 2. He is the propitiation ] Heb. Copher; he coffers up, as it were, and covers our sins, Psalms 78:38 . See Trapp on " Rom 3:25 " The Hebrew word כפר used for covering and propitiating of sin, is Gen 6:14 used of the pitch or plaster whereby the wood of the ark was so fastened that no water could get in. But also for the sins of the whole world ] That is, of all the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 John 2:2

he is: 1 John 1:7, 1 John 4:10, Romans 3:25, Romans 3:26, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18 for the: 1 John 4:14, 1 John 5:19, John 1:29, John 4:42, John 11:51, John 11:52, 2 Corinthians 5:18-Ecclesiastes :, Revelation 12:9 Reciprocal: Genesis 23:8 - entreat Exodus 25:17 - mercy seat Exodus 37:6 - General Exodus 40:5 - the altar Exodus 40:6 - General Exodus 40:20 - mercy Leviticus 1:4 - atonement Leviticus 4:20 - an atonement Leviticus 4:35 - and the priest shall make Leviticus 5:10 - make... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 John 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.And he is the propitiation — The atoning sacrifice by which the wrath of God is appeased.For our sins — Who believe.And not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world — Just as wide as sin extends, the propitiation extends also . read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 John 2:2

2. Ours only… whole world The heart of our apostle is too expansive to limit the grace of the Redeemer to a select number. Christ is a race Redeemer, a world-Saviour. The interpretation that strives against language so rich to force a limit upon it, dishonours Christ and dishonours itself. Such is the perversity of Calvin’s words quoted disapprovingly by Alford: “Under all he does not comprehend reprobates; but designates those who are yet to believe and who are scattered through the... read more