1 John 2:8

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“Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.”

— ASV

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Ephesians 5:8 "For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,"
Romans 13:12 "The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light."
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another."
John 8:12 "Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.Isaiah 60:1 He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, …"
2 Corinthians 4:4-6 "in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is th…"
John 12:46 "I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness."
John 1:9 "The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world."
John 1:4-5 "In him was life, and the life was the light of men."

Commentary

a new commandment--It was "old," in that Christians as such had heard it from the first; but "new" (Greek, "kaine," not "nea": new and different from the old legal precept) in that it was first clearly promulgated with Christianity; though the inner spirit of the law was love even to enemies, yet it was enveloped in some bitter precepts which caused it to be temporarily almost unrecognized, till the Gospel came. Christianity first put love to brethren on the new and highest MOTIVE, instinctive love to Him who first loved us, constraining us to love all, even enemies, thereby walking in the steps of Him who loved us when enemies. So Jesus calls it "new," Joh 13:34-35, "Love one another as I have loved you" (the new motive); Joh 15:12. which thing is true in him and in you--"In Christ all things are always true, and were so from the beginning; but in Christ and in us conjointly the commandment [the love of brethren] is then true when we acknowledge the truth which is in Him, and have the same flourishing in us" [BENGEL].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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