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12 I am writing to you, dear children,
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
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12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.
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12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.
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12 I am writing to you, little children (believers, dear ones), because your sins have been forgiven for His name’s sake [you have been pardoned and released from spiritual debt through His name because you have confessed His name, believing in Him as Savior].
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12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
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12 Dear children, I’m writing to you
because your sins have been forgiven.
They have been forgiven because of what Jesus has done.
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