Spineyman
Senior Member
" The whole world "there means not every single person, but those in the whole world who has put their trust in and placed their faith in the only One who saves. Without Faith it is impossible to please God, for first you must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who dilligently seek Him! Jesus will not save those who do not cling to, trust in and rely upon the blood Jesus shed for the sins of His people!Using the criteria that some have expressed concerning Eph.4., which was that the writer was only talking to believers , and applying that same criteria to 1 John 2. Then in verse 2 it would appear that John is including ALL people. So now which is it? Anyone have any thoughts?
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.”