1 John 2:5-15

5 but whoever * ¹keeps His word, in him the ²love of God has truly been perfected. ³By this we know that we are in Him:

6 the one who says he ⁴abides in Him ⁵ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

7 ⁶Beloved, I am ⁷not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ⁸from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

8 ^[a]On the other hand, I am writing ⁹a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ¹⁰the darkness is passing away and ¹¹the true Light is already shining.

9 The one who says he is in the Light and yet ¹²hates his ¹³brother is in the darkness until now.

10 ¹⁴The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

11 But the one who ¹⁵hates his brother is in the darkness and ¹⁶walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ¹⁷blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, ¹⁸little children, because ¹⁹your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him ²⁰who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ²¹you have overcome ²²the evil one. I have written to you, children, because ²³you know the Father.

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him ²⁴who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are ²⁵strong, and the ²⁶word of God abides in you, and ²⁷you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love ²⁸the world nor the things in the world. ²⁹If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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Cross References 29

1. John 14:23
2. 1 John 4:12
3. 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:2
4. John 15:4
5. John 13:15; John 15:10; 1 Peter 2:21
6. Hebrews 6:9; 1 John 3:2, 21; 1 John 4:1, 7, 11
7. John 13:34; 1 John 3:11, 23; 1 John 4:21; 2 John 5
8. 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 5, 6
9. John 13:34
10. Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4
11. John 1:9
12. 1 John 2:11; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
13. Acts 1:15; 1 John 3:10, 16; 1 John 4:20
14. John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11
15. 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
16. John 12:35; 1 John 1:6
17. 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Peter 1:9
18. 1 John 2:1
19. Acts 13:38; 1 Corinthians 6:11
20. 1 John 1:1
21. John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:4; Revelation 2:7
22. Matthew 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18
23. John 14:7; 1 John 2:3
24. 1 John 1:1
25. Ephesians 6:10
26. John 5:38; John 8:37; 1 John 1:10
27. 1 John 2:13
28. Romans 12:2; James 1:27
29. James 4:4

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "Again"