1 John 2:7-17

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]5the 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.

12 I am writing to you, little children, because ¹⁰your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know ¹¹him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ¹²you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because ¹³you know the Father.

14 I write to you, fathers, because you know ¹⁴him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ¹⁵you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 ¹⁶Do not love the world or the things in the world. ¹⁷If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world--¹⁸the desires of the flesh and ¹⁹the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.

17 And ²⁰the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Cross References

• 1. 2 John 5
• 2. Leviticus 19:18
• 3. [ver. 24; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 5, 6]
• 4. See John 13:34
• 5. Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5
• 6. John 1:9; John 8:12
• 7. 1 John 4:20; [1 John 3:14, 15; Titus 3:3]
• 8. John 11:10; [Proverbs 4:19; 2 Peter 1:10]
• 9. See 1 John 1:6
• 10. Luke 24:47; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38
• 11. [1 John 1:1]
• 12. Ephesians 6:10; [1 John 5:4, 5]
• 13. John 14:7
• 14. [See ver. 13 above]
• 15. [See ver. 13 above]
• 16. [Romans 12:2; 2 Timothy 4:10]
• 17. See James 4:4
• 18. Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 4:2; 2 Peter 2:18
• 19. Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:11
• 20. See 1 Corinthians 7:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Or that
• [b]. Or it