New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 2:7-11

7 1Beloved, I am 2not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had 3from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. 8 4On the other hand, I am writing 5a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because 6the darkness is passing away and 7the true Light is already shining. 9The one who says he is in the Light and yet 8hates his 9brother is in the darkness until now. 10 10The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11But the one who 11hates his brother is in the darkness and 12walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has 13blinded his eyes.

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Notes

1. 1 John 2:7 Heb 6:9; 1 John 3:2, 21; 4:1, 7, 11 ↩
2. 1 John 2:7 John 13:34; 1 John 3:11, 23; 4:21; 2 John 5 ↩
3. 1 John 2:7 1 John 2:24; 3:11; 2 John 5, 6 ↩
4. 1 John 2:8 Lit Again ↩
5. 1 John 2:8 John 13:34 ↩
6. 1 John 2:8 Rom 13:12; Eph 5:8; 1 Thess 5:4f ↩
7. 1 John 2:8 John 1:9 ↩
8. 1 John 2:9 1 John 2:11; 3:15; 4:20 ↩
9. 1 John 2:9 Acts 1:15; 1 John 3:10, 16; 4:20f ↩
10. 1 John 2:10 John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11 ↩
11. 1 John 2:11 1 John 2:9; 3:15; 4:20 ↩
12. 1 John 2:11 John 12:35; 1 John 1:6 ↩
13. 1 John 2:11 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Pet 1:9 ↩

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