1 John 2:8
6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
7 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.
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.
10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
- WEB
- Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
- ASV
- Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.
- DARBY
- Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.
- BLB
- Again, I am writing to you⁺ a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you⁺, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
- ÅB
- Og dog er det et nytt bud jeg skriver til dere, og det er sant i ham og i dere; for mørket viker bort, og det sanne lys skinner allerede.
- OTB
- Likevel skriver jeg et nytt bud til dere, som er sant i Ham og i dere, fordi mørket svinner bort og det sanne Lys allerede skinner.
- B1930
- Og dog er det et nytt bud jeg skriver til eder, og det er sant i ham og i eder; for mørket viker bort, og det sanne lys skinner allerede.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Read in contextRomans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Read in contextJohn 13:34
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
Read in contextJohn 8:12
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:4–6
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Read in contextJohn 12:46
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
Read in contextJohn 1:9
The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
Read in contextJohn 1:4–5
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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