1 John 2:8

Again, a new commandment I do write to you, which is true as it respects him and you; because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

In Context

7Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word, which you have heard from the beginning.

9He that says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness till now.

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Cross References

Luke 1:79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, by guiding our feet in the way of peace.

John 1:9He was the true Light, which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:8-12

The Law of Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none… Read the whole commentary →

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