2:2a

the atoning sacrifice: (Meaning) This shows the basis on which Jesus is able to ask God to forgive us. It is because he himself bore all the punishment which God had ordered us to bear for our sins. He did this by his death, and in this way he took the place of the sacrificial animal which God had said in the Old Testament must be the payment for sin.

2:2b

the whole world: (Figure of Speech) Here this phrase means all the people in the world.

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