1 John 2:12 Go deeper

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. (KJV)

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Greek text follows the SBLGNT, Textus Receptus and Byzantine readings in STEPBible's Translators Amalgamated Greek NT.

ΓράφωGraphōI am writing

Lemma: γράφω (graphō) · Strong's: G1125

Parsing: Verb · Present · Active · Indicative · 1st · Singular (V-PAI-1S)

Meaning: to write — γράφω, [in LXX chiefly for כּתב ]; 1. to scrape, graze (Hom.), and later (Hdt.) to sketch, draw. ; 2. to write; (a) of forming or tracing letters on writing material: Jhn.8:[6], Gal.6:11, 2Th.3:17; (b) to express in…

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Used 207 times. Also: Matthew 2:5, Matthew 4:4, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 4:10, Matthew 11:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1125; TFLSJ G1125; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 1

ὑμῖν,huminto you,

Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Dative · Plural (P-2DP)

Meaning: you — σύ, ; pron. of 2nd of person(s), ; thou, you, genitive, σοῦ, dative, σοί, accusative, σέ, pl., ὑμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς (enclitic in oblique cases sing., except after prep. (BL, §48, 3), though πρὸς σέ occurs in Mat.25:39).…

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Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 2

τεκνία,teknialittle children,

Lemma: τεκνίον (teknion) · Strong's: G5040

Parsing: Noun · Vocative · Plural · Neuter (N-VPN)

Meaning: children — τεκνίον, -ου, τό; (dimin. of τέκνον), ; a little child: as a term of endearment, in voc. pl., Jhn.13:33, Gal.4:19, 1Jn.2:1 Jn 2:12 Jn 2:28 Jn 3:7 Jn 3:13 Jn 4:4 Jn 5:21.†; (AS)

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Used 8 times. Also: John 13:33, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:28, 1 John 3:7, 1 John 3:18, 1 John 4:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G5040; TFLSJ G5040; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 3

ὅτιhotibecause

Lemma: ὅτι (hoti) · Strong's: G3754H

Parsing: Conjunction (CONJ)

Meaning: that/since: since — ὅτι, ; conjc. (prop. neut. of ὅστις). ; I. As conjc, introducing an objective clause, that; 1. after verbs of seeing, knowing, thinking, saying, feeling: Mat.3:9 6:32 11:25, Mrk.3:28, Luk.2:49, Jhn.2:22, Act.4:13,…

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Used 467 times. Also: Matthew 2:18, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:4, Matthew 5:5, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3754H; TFLSJ G3754H; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 4

ἀφέωνταιapheōntaihave been forgiven

Lemma: ἀφίημι (aphiēmi) · Strong's: G0863H

Parsing: Verb · Perfect · Passive · Indicative · 3rd · Plural (V-RPI-3P)

Meaning: to release: forgive — ἀφ-ίημι, ; [in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc. ; ] ; 1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50;…

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Used 49 times. Also: Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14, Matthew 6:15, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:5, Matthew 9:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0863H; TFLSJ G0863H; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 5

ὑμῖνhuminyour

Lemma: σύ (su) · Strong's: G4771

Parsing: Personal pronoun · 2nd · Dative · Plural (P-2DP)

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Used 3071 times. Also: Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 3:9, Matthew 3:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G4771; TFLSJ G4771; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 6

αἱhai<the>

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (T-NPF)

Meaning: the/this/who — ὁ, ἡ, τό, ; the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article. ; I. As demonstr. pron. ; 1. As frequently in Hom.,…

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 7

ἁμαρτίαιhamartiaisins

Lemma: ἁμαρτία (hamartia) · Strong's: G0266

Parsing: Noun · Nominative · Plural · Feminine (N-NPF)

Meaning: sin — ἁμαρτία, -ας, ἡ ; (ἁμαρτάνω, which see), [in LXX chiefly for חַטָּאת and cogn. forms, also for פֶּשַׁע ,עָוֹן, etc. ; ] ; prop. a missing the mark; in cl. (see reff. to CR in MM, VGT, see word); (a) guilt, sin (Plat.,…

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Used 174 times. Also: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 3:6, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:5, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 12:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0266; TFLSJ G0266; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 8

διὰdiafor the sake of

Lemma: διά (dia) · Strong's: G1223

Parsing: Preposition (PREP)

Meaning: through/because of — διά (before a vowel δ᾽, exc. Rom.8:10, 2Co.5:7, and in (Proper name)s; Tdf., Pr., 94), ; prep. with genitive, accusative, as in cl.; 1. with genitive, through; (i) of Place, after verbs of motion or action: Mat.2:12…

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Used 686 times. Also: Matthew 1:22, Matthew 2:5, Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:17, Matthew 2:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G1223; TFLSJ G1223; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 9

τὸtothe

Lemma: ὁ (ho) · Strong's: G3588

Parsing: Definite article · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (T-ASN)

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Used 20654 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Matthew 1:4, Matthew 1:5, Matthew 1:6, Matthew 1:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3588; TFLSJ G3588; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 10

ὄνομαonomaname

Lemma: ὄνομα (onoma) · Strong's: G3686

Parsing: Noun · Accusative · Singular · Neuter (N-ASN)

Meaning: name — ὄνομα, -τος, τό, ; [in LXX chiefly for שֵׁם ; ] ; 1. in general, the name by which a person or thing is called: Mat.10:2, Mrk.3:16, Luk.1:63, Jhn.18:10, al.; ἄνθρωπος (etc.), ᾧ (οὗ) ὄ. (τ. ὄ), sc. ἦν or ἐστίν (BL, §30,…

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Used 231 times. Also: Matthew 1:21, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:25, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 7:22, Matthew 10:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G3686; TFLSJ G3686; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 11

αὐτοῦ.autouof Him.

Lemma: αὐτός (autos) · Strong's: G0846

Parsing: Personal pronoun · Genitive · Singular · Masculine (P-GSM)

Meaning: it/s/he — αὐτός, -ή, -ό, ; determinative pron., in late Gk. much more frequently than in cl. (WM, 178f.; Jannaris, HGG, §1399). ; 1. Emphatic (so always in nom. exc. when preceded by the art., see infr., iii); (1) self (ipse),…

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Used 5846 times. Also: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESG G0846; TFLSJ G0846; TAGNT 1 John 2:12 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I am writing	→	γράφω G1125 to write
to you	→	σύ G4771 you
little children	→	τεκνίον G5040 children
because	→	ὅτι G3754H that/since: since
[your]	→	ὁ G3588 the/this/who
sins	→	ἁμαρτία G0266 sin
have been forgiven	→	ἀφίημι G0863H to release: forgive
. . .	→	σύ G4771 you
through	→	διά G1223 through/because of
His	→	αὐτός G0846 it/s/he
name	→	ὄνομα G3686 name

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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