1 John 2:3-11

3Now we know that we have come to know Him by this—if we keep His commandments.

4The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5But whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God is truly made perfect. We know that we are in Him by this—

6whoever claims to abide in Him must walk just as He walked.

7Loved ones, I am not writing a new commandment for you, but an old commandment—one you had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.

8Yet I am writing a new commandment for you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

9The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness.

10The one who loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has made his eyes blind.