1 John 2:2
Robert, rather than teaching your brand of universalism, the Apostle John here instead announces the exclusivity of the Christian gospel. Since Christ’s atonement is efficacious for the whole world, there is no other form of atonement available to other peoples, cultures, and religions apart from Jesus Christ. Therefore, under the word all John does not include the reprobate, but refers to all who would believe and those who were scattered through various regions of the earth. For the grace of Jesus Christ is really made clear when it is declared to be the only salvation of the world.
1 John 4:14
With this verse John returns to his role as a witness by echoing 1 John 1:1- 4, with which the Apostle John opened the letter with the topic of the source of authoritative truth about eternal life. This statement affirms that John considers himself the bearer of spiritual truth, a truth that is not relativized by one’s nationality, ethnicity, or philosophy. Because the Son is the only Savior for all the peoples of the world (1 John 2: 1-2 as discussed above), any claim to spiritual truth not based on Christ’s atoning death is false and cannot form the basis of assurance about eternal life.
John 12:47
Also see John 3:17. In both instances, one observes, Why condemn an already condemned world? All people are already under God's judgment because of sin—specifically the sin of not believing in God's Son (John 16:9). The only way to escape the condemnation is to believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, because He came "that the world through Him might be saved". God's purpose was not the judgment of the world, worthy of condemnation though it was, but the salvation of the world; hence God the Father sent a Savior into the world.
The point of Jesus' being sent into the world was not to redeem Israel and condemn the Gentiles, but that the world might be saved through Him. In other words, God's gracious offer of salvation extended beyond Israel to all peoples. In John 3:17 Nicodemus (and by extension the Jewish nation he represented) should have known that, for in the Abrahamic covenant God declared, "I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed" (Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; Acts 3:25). Gentile salvation was always God's purpose (Isaiah 42:6-8; 55:1).
Robert, as long as you continue to labor under the error of thinking "world" always means each and every person, you will remain confused and in error.
AMR
The word "world" means each and every person. If God did not provide salvation for everyone then he would be unjust. Hebrews 2:9 says that he has.
If Jesus did not atone for the sins of the whole world then Jesus is not Lord.
You try to explain away 1 John 2:2, but it cannot be denied, and then you try to use other scriptures to refute what John has said, a typical Calvinist tactic.
A universalist believes that all will be saved regardless of what they believe. I do not teach that.
Jesus has victoriously defeated sin, death and the devil, Colossians 2:15. Because of the victorious work of Christ, God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ, Acts 2:36.
If Jesus did not atone for the sins of the whole world, then Jesus is not Lord and should be removed from his position at the right hand of God, Hebrews 1:3.
If you do not believe that Jesus is Lord you will die in your sins, John 8:24.