1 John 2:8

1 John 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

Context of 1 John 2:8

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. Yet 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.

1 John 2:8 word by word

πάλιν ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἡ σκοτία παράγεται καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• aἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• newκαινόςkainos · newG2537
• I writeγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• which thingὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• trueἀληθήςalēthēs · trueG227
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• the darknessὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the darknessσκοτίαskotia · darknessG4653
• is pastπαράγωparagō · to passG3855
• theφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• trueἀληθινόςalēthinos · trueG228
• nowἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• shinethφαίνωphainō · to shine/appearG5316

Cross-references for 1 John 2:8

• 1 John 4:21And this commandment we have from Him: that the one who loves God should also love his brother.
• John 13:34“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also you must love one another.
• John 15:12“This is My commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you.
• 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.
• 1 John 4:11Loved ones, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah—that even though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.
• Ephesians 5:1Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children;
• 1 Peter 1:21Through Him you are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
• 1 Peter 4:1Therefore, since Messiah suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same attitude. For the one who has suffered in the flesh is finished with sin.
• Isaiah 9:2You will multiply the nation. You will increase the joy. They will rejoice before You like the joy in the harvest, as they revel when they divide spoil.
• Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come! The glory of Adonai has risen on you.
• Matthew 4:16the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and those sitting in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”
• Luke 1:79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of shalom.”
• John 12:46As light I have come into the world, so that everyone who trusts in Me should not remain in darkness.
• Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the periods of ignorance, now He commands everyone everywhere to repent.
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes—so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of satan to God, that they may receive release from sins as well as a place among those who are made holy through trusting in Me.’

Commentaries on 1 John 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Which thing is true in him and in you - It is true that Christ loved the world so well as to lay down his life for it; and it was true in them, in all his faithful followers at that time, who were ready to lay down their lives for the testimony of Jesus. There is a saying in Synopsis Sohar, p. 94, n. 51, that may cast some light on this passage: That way in which the just have walked, although it be Old, yet may be said to be New in the love of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Again, a new commandment I write unto you - “And yet, that which I write to you, and particularly enjoin on you, deserves in another sense to be called a new commandment, though it has been also inculcated from the beginning, for it was called new by the Saviour himself.” Or the meaning may be, “In addition to the general precepts which I have referred to, I do now call your attention to the new commandment of the Saviour, that which he himself called…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-11Verses 3-11 What knowledge of Christ can that be, which sees not that he is most worthy of our entire obedience? And a disobedient life shows there is neither religion nor honesty in the professor. The love of God is perfected in him that keeps his commandments. God's grace in him attains its true mark, and produces its sovereign effect as far as may be in this world, and this is man's regeneration; though never absolutely perfect here. Yet this observing…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8a new commandment: Jesus gave a new basis for their love by showing love to his disciples through his actions (John 13:1–17). the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining: The light of the good news about Jesus pushes back the darkness. Darkness cannot defeat this light, especially when believers live out the love that is in Christ.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. a new commandment--It was "old," in that Christians as such had heard it from the first; but "new" (Greek, "kaine," not "nea": new and different from the old legal precept) in that it was first clearly promulgated with Christianity; though the inner spirit of the law was love even to enemies, yet it was enveloped in some bitter precepts which caused it to be temporarily almost unrecognized, till the Gospel came. Christianity first put love to brethren…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 2:8

• Darkness
• Gospel
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• New Commandment
• Acknowledge
• Advocate
• Lie
• Stumble
• Commandment, the New
• Johannine Theology
• John, the Epistles of

Commentaries on 1 John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings