1 John 2:7–14

⁷Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.

⁸Again a new commandment I write unto you: which thing is true both in him and in you, because the darkness is passed and the true light now shineth.

⁹He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now.

¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light: and there is no scandal in him.

¹¹But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth: because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

¹²I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

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

¹⁴I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.