Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
And he (kai autov). He himself in his own person, both priest and sacrifice (Hebrews 9:14).
The propitiation (ilasmov). Late substantive from ilaskomai (Luke 18:13; Hebrews 2:17), in LXX, Philo, Plutarch, in N.T. only here and I John 4:10. Christ himself is the means of propitiation for (peri concerning) our sins. See ilasthrion in Romans 3:15.
For the whole world (peri olou tou kosmou). It is possible to supply the ellipsis here of twn amartiwn (the sins of) as we have it in Hebrews 7:27, but a simpler way is just to regard "the whole world" as a mass of sin (I John 5:19). At any rate, the propitiation by Christ provides for salvation for all (Hebrews 2:9) if they will only be reconciled with God (II Corinthians 5:19-21).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 John 2:2:
John 10:11
Romans 3:25
2 Corinthians 5:18
Ephesians 5:2
Hebrews 2:17
1 John 4:10
Revelation 9:10
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