1 John 2:8

Translations

Modern

Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Again, 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.

Latin

Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebræ transierunt, et verum lumen jam lucet.

Original

Greek

English

Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

Notes

1 John 2:8

a new commandment: Jesus gave a new basis for their love by showing love to his disciples through his actions (John 13:1–17).
the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining: The light of the good news about Jesus pushes back the darkness. Darkness cannot defeat this light, especially when believers live out the love that is in Christ.

1 John 2:7–11

The disciples received this commandment (to love one another) from the very beginning. They received it from Jesus himself and from the Old Testament (John 13:34–35; Leviticus 19:18, 33–34).

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