1 John 2:7-11

The New Commandment

7 Beloved, I am writing you ¹no new commandment, but ²an old commandment ³that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

8 At the same time, it is ⁴a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because^{[a] 5}the darkness is passing away and ⁶the true light is already shining.

9 Whoever says he is in the light and ⁷hates his brother is still in darkness.

10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him^[b] there is no ⁸cause for stumbling.

11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and ⁹walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Cross References

• 1. 2:7 2 John 5
• 2. 2:7 Lev. 19:18
• 3. 2:7 [ver. 24; ch. 3:11; 2 John 5, 6]
• 4. 2:8 See John 13:34
• 5. 2:8 Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:8; 1 Thess. 5:4, 5
• 6. 2:8 John 1:9; 8:12
• 7. 2:9 ch. 4:20; [ch. 3:14, 15; Titus 3:3]
• 8. 2:10 John 11:10; [Prov. 4:19; 2 Pet. 1:10]
• 9. 2:11 See ch. 1:6

Footnotes

• [a] 2:8 Or 'that'
• [b] 2:10 Or 'it'