The True Light Is Already Shining

Love Keeps God's Commands · 1 John 2

Story guide: The old command heard from the beginning is also new in Messiah: loving one's brother means remaining in the light.

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7Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message that you heard.

8Again, I am writing to you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

9The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

10The one who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

11But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven for the sake of his name.

13I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

14I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

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