1 John 2:7
5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
8 Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
9 If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
- KJV
- Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
- WEB
- Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
- ASV
- Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.
- DARBY
- Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard.
- BLB
- Beloved, I am not writing to you⁺ a new commandment, but an old commandment, which you⁺ have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you⁺ heard.
- ÅB
- Dere elskede! det er ikke et nytt bud jeg skriver til dere, men et gammelt bud, som dere hadde fra begynnelsen; det gamle bud er det ord som dere har hørt.
- OTB
- Kjære venner, jeg skriver ikke et nytt bud til dere, men et gammelt bud som dere har hatt fra begynnelsen; det gamle budet er ordet som dere har hørt.
- B1930
- I elskede! det er ikke et nytt bud jeg skriver til eder, men et gammelt bud, som I hadde fra begynnelsen; det gamle bud er det ord som I har hørt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 3:11
This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Read in contextMark 12:29–34
Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
Read in context2 John 1:5–6
And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
Read in contextRomans 13:8–10
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Read in contextGalatians 5:13–14
For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
Read in contextMatthew 22:37–40
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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