1 John 2:7-11

7 ¹Beloved, I am ²not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ³from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

8 ^[a]On the other hand, I am writing ⁴a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ⁵the darkness is passing away and ⁶the true Light is already shining.

9 The one who says he is in the Light and yet ⁷hates his ⁸brother is in the darkness until now.

10 ⁹The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

11 But the one who ¹⁰hates his brother is in the darkness and ¹¹walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ¹²blinded his eyes.

Cross References

• 1. Hebrews 6:9; 1 John 3:2, 21; 1 John 4:1, 7, 11
• 2. John 13:34; 1 John 3:11, 23; 1 John 4:21; 2 John 5
• 3. 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 5, 6
• 4. John 13:34
• 5. Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4
• 6. John 1:9
• 7. 1 John 2:11; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
• 8. Acts 1:15; 1 John 3:10, 16; 1 John 4:20
• 9. John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11
• 10. 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
• 11. John 12:35; 1 John 1:6
• 12. 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Peter 1:9

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "Again"