1 John 2:8

though I write it again as a new commandment, which is truth in Him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

7Brethren, I write not a 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:

9Now he that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is still in darkness:

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Cross References

Luke 1:79to enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace."

John 1:9The true light was that which enlightneth every man that 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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