⁷^aBeloved, I am ^bnot writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^cfrom the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

⁸¹On the other hand, I am writing ^aa new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ^bthe darkness is passing away and ^cthe true Light is already shining.

⁹The one who says he is in the Light and yet ^ahates his ^bbrother is in the darkness until now.

¹⁰^aThe one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

¹¹But the one who ^ahates his brother is in the darkness and ^bwalks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness ^cblinded his eyes.

¹²I am writing to you, ^alittle children, because ^byour sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.

¹³I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him ^awho has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ^byou have overcome ^cthe evil one. I have written to you, children, because ¹^dyou have known the Father.

¹⁴I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him ^awho has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are ^bstrong, and the ^cword of God abides in you, and ^dyou have overcome the evil one.

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Footnotes

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Cross references

a Heb 6:9; 1 John 3:2, 21; 4:1, 7, 11
b John 13:34; 1 John 3:11, 23; 4:21; 2 John 5
c 1 John 2:24; 3:11; 2 John 5, 6
a John 13:34
b Rom 13:12; Eph 5:8; 1 Thess 5:4f
c John 1:9
a 1 John 2:11; 3:15; 4:20
b Acts 1:15; 1 John 3:10, 16; 4:20f
a John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11
a 1 John 2:9; 3:15; 4:20
b John 12:35; 1 John 1:6
c 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Pet 1:9
a 1 John 2:1
b Acts 13:38; 1 Cor 6:11
a 1 John 1:1
b John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 4:4; 5:4f; Rev 2:7
c Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 3:12; 5:18f
d John 14:7; 1 John 2:3
a 1 John 1:1
b Eph 6:10
c John 5:38; 8:37; 1 John 1:10
d 1 John 2:13