New American Standard Bible 1995

1 John 2:7-17

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.

12I am writing to you, 14little children, because 15your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him 16who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because 17you have overcome 18the evil one. I have written to you, children, because 19you know the Father. 14I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him 20who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are 21strong, and the 22word of God abides in you, and 23you have overcome the evil one.

15Do not love 24the world nor the things in the world. 25If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, 26the lust of the flesh and 27the lust of the eyes and 28the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 29The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who 30does the will of God lives forever.

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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 ↩
14. 1 John 2:12 1 John 2:1 ↩
15. 1 John 2:12 Acts 13:38; 1 Cor 6:11 ↩
16. 1 John 2:13 1 John 1:1 ↩
17. 1 John 2:13 John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 4:4; 5:4f; Rev 2:7 ↩
18. 1 John 2:13 Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 3:12; 5:18f ↩
19. 1 John 2:13 John 14:7; 1 John 2:3 ↩
20. 1 John 2:14 1 John 1:1 ↩
21. 1 John 2:14 Eph 6:10 ↩
22. 1 John 2:14 John 5:38; 8:37; 1 John 1:10 ↩
23. 1 John 2:14 1 John 2:13 ↩
24. 1 John 2:15 Rom 12:2; James 1:27 ↩
25. 1 John 2:15 James 4:4 ↩
26. 1 John 2:16 Rom 13:14; Eph 2:3; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
27. 1 John 2:16 Prov 27:20 ↩
28. 1 John 2:16 James 4:16 ↩
29. 1 John 2:17 1 Cor 7:31 ↩
30. 1 John 2:17 Mark 3:35 ↩

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