Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

A new

1 John 4:21
And we get this command from him, that he who loves God is to love his brother as well.
John 13:34
I give you a new command, to love one another ??as I have loved you, you are to love one another.
John 15:12
This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you.

Which

1 John 3:14
We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.
1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God had such love for us, we ought to love one another.
John 15:12
This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 8:9
(You know how gracious our Lord Jesus Christ was; rich though he was, he became poor for the sake of you, that by his poverty you might be rich.)
Ephesians 5:1
Copy God, then, as his beloved children,
1 Peter 1:21
it is by him that you believe in God who raised him from the dead and gave him glory; and thus your faith means hope in God.
1 Peter 4:1
Well, as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, let this very conviction that he who has suffered in the flesh gets quit of sin,

The darkness

Matthew 4:16
The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, yea light dawned on those who sat in the land and the shadow of death.
Luke 1:79
to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our steps into the way of peace."
John 12:46
I have come as light into the world, that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.
Acts 17:30
Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,
Acts 26:18
that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'
Romans 13:12
It is far on in the night, the day is almost here; so let us drop the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of the light;
2 Corinthians 4:4
there the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to prevent them seeing the light thrown by the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God.
Ephesians 5:8
For while once upon a time you were darkness, now in the Lord you are light; lead the life of those who are children of the light
1 Thessalonians 5:5
you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

And the

John 1:4
In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men:
John 8:12
Then Jesus again addressed them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he who follows me will not walk in darkness, he will enjoy the light of life."
John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
2 Timothy 1:10
and has now revealed in the appearance of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has put down death and brought life and immortality to light by the gospel.

General references

John 15:12
This is my command: you are to love one another as I have loved you.