1 John 2:8

Again, a new commandment I write to you, that which is true in him and in you; because the darkness hath passed, and the true light beginneth to appear.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

7MY beloved, a new commandment I write not to you, but the old commandment, that which was with you from the beginning; but the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

9Whoever saith, then, that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.

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Cross References

Luke 1:79To illumine those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. And to direct our feet into the way of peace.

John 1:9For that was the true Light that enlighteneth every man who cometh 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 →

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