NEW TESTAMENT

1 John 2:12

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I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

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Verse 12. I write to you, little children, and so forth Saint Augustine and divers others think that by these different words, he only means Christians more or less instructed and advanced in the knowledge and practice of the Christian faith. Others expound it with a regard also to their different ages and advancement in years. Witham.

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