1 John 2:3-11 - God's Commands

³ And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments. ⁴ The one saying, I have known him, and keeping not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; ⁵ but whosoever shall keep his word, truly the divine love of God has been made perfect in him. In this we know that we are in him. ⁶ The one saying that he abides in him ought himself so to walk about, as he also did walk about.

⁷ Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old one which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. ⁸ Again I do write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you: because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

⁹ The one saying that he is in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness until now. ¹⁰ The one loving his brother with divine love abides in the light, and there is no stumbling in him. ¹¹ But the one hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and does not know whither he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.