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1Beloved, I am 2not writing a newcommandment to you, but an oldcommandmentwhich you have had3from the beginning; the oldcommandment is the wordwhich you have heard.
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[a]On the otherhand, I am writing4a newcommandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because5the darkness is passingaway and 6the trueLight is alreadyshining.