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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 John 2:12 - 2:12
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little children - Greek, “little sons,” or “dear sons and daughters”; not the same Greek as in 1Jo 2:13, “little children,” “infants” (in age and standing). He calls ALL to whom he writes, “little sons” (1Jo 2:1, Greek; 1Jo 2:28; 1Jo 3:18; 1Jo 4:4; 1Jo 5:21); but only in 1Jo 2:13, 1Jo 2:18 he uses the term “little children,” or “infants.” Our Lord, whose Spirit John so deeply drank into, used to His disciples (Joh 13:33) the term “little sons,” or dear sons and daughters; but in Joh 21:5, “little children.” It is an undesigned coincidence with the Epistle here, that in John’s Gospel somewhat similarly the classification, “lambs, sheep, sheep,” occurs.
are forgiven - “have been, and are forgiven you”: ALL God’s sons and daughters alike enjoy this privilege.