1 John 2:8
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
Cross References
Psalms 27:1{[A Psalm] of David.} Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 84:11For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Isaiah 9:2the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone.
Malachi 4:2And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves.
Luke 1:79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in [the] shadow of death, to guide our feet into [the] way of peace.
John 1:9The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens 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 →