1 John 2:2-12

2 ¹He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but ²also for the sins of the whole world.

3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we ³keep his commandments.

4 Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments ⁴is a liar, and ⁵the truth is not in him,

5 but whoever ⁶keeps his word, in him truly ⁷the love of God is perfected. ⁸By this we may know that we are in him:

6 whoever says he ⁹abides in him ¹⁰ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

The New Commandment

7 Beloved, I am writing you ¹¹no new commandment, but ¹²an old commandment ¹³that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

8 At the same time, it is ¹⁴a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because^[a]¹⁵the darkness is passing away and ¹⁶the true light is already shining.

9 Whoever says he is in the light and ¹⁷hates his brother is still in darkness.

10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him^[b] there is no ¹⁸cause for stumbling.

11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and ¹⁹walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, little children, because ²⁰your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

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Cross References 20

1. 1 John 4:10; Romans 3:25; [2 Corinthians 5:18, 19; Colossians 1:20]
2. 1 John 4:14; John 1:29; John 4:42; John 11:51, 52; John 12:32
3. John 14:15; John 15:10
4. 1 John 1:8; John 8:44
5. 1 John 1:8; John 8:44
6. 1 John 5:3; John 14:23
7. 1 John 4:12
8. 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:2
9. John 15:4, 5, 7
10. See Matthew 11:29
11. 2 John 5
12. Leviticus 19:18
13. [ver. 24; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 5, 6]
14. See John 13:34
15. Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5
16. John 1:9; John 8:12
17. 1 John 4:20; [1 John 3:14, 15; Titus 3:3]
18. John 11:10; [Proverbs 4:19; 2 Peter 1:10]
19. See 1 John 1:6
20. Luke 24:47; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38

Footnotes 2

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