1 John 2:8

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

9Whoever therefore shall say that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.

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Cross References

Luke 1:79to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death; and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

John 1:9The true light was that, which 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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