1 John 2:1-11 - Keeping The New Commandment

¹ My little children, I write you these things that you may not sin. If any man sin, we have an Advocate (intercessor) (comforter) (helper) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous! ² He is the propitiation (Greek: hilasmos: atonement, compensation) for our sins. Not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

³ We know that we know him, when we obey his commandments. ⁴ He who says: I know him, and does not obey his commandments is a liar! The truth is not in him. ⁵ Whoever obeys his Word; the love of God is made perfect (complete) (mature) in him. By this we know that we are in union with him. ⁶ He that says he lives in union with him should walk as he walked.

⁷ Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment you had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word that you heard. ⁸ Then again, I do write a new commandment to you. This is true in him and in you. The darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

⁹ He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness! ¹⁰ He who loves his brother lives in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling (offence) in him. ¹¹ But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he goes because the darkness has blinded his eyes.