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.
A new
The darkness
General references
Bible References
A new
1 John 4:21
And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
John 13:34
"I give you a new commandment -- to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
John 15:12
My commandment is this -- to love one another just as I have loved you.
Which
1 John 3:14
We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.
1 John 4:11
Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.
John 15:12
My commandment is this -- to love one another just as I have loved you.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
Ephesians 5:1
Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children
1 Peter 1:21
Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1 Peter 4:1
So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,
The darkness
Song of Songs 2:11
Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.
Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
Isaiah 60:1
"Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!
Matthew 4:16
the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned."
Luke 1:79
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
John 12:46
I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.
Acts 17:30
Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Romans 13:12
The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
2 Corinthians 4:4
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
Ephesians 5:8
for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light --
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.
And the
Psalm 27:1
By David. The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!
Psalm 36:9
For you are the one who gives and sustains life.
Psalm 84:11
For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
Malachi 4:2
But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
John 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 12:35
Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
2 Timothy 1:10
but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!
General references
John 15:12
My commandment is this -- to love one another just as I have loved you.