1 John 2:8
again, a new command I write to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9he who is saying he is in the light, and is hating his brother, he is in the darkness until now;
Cross References
Psalms 27:1BY DAVID. YHWH [is] my light and my salvation, || Whom do I fear? YHWH [is] the strength of my life, || Of whom am I afraid?
Psalms 84:11For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, || YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good || To those walking in uprightness.
Isaiah 9:2The people who are walking in darkness || Have seen a great light, || Dwellers in a land of death-shade, || Light has shone on them.
Malachi 4:2But for you fearing My Name, || The Sun of Righteousness has risen with healing in His wings, || And you have gone forth, || And have bounded as calves of a stall.
Luke 1:79To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, || To guide our feet to a way of peace.”
John 1:9He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world;
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 →