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

¹ My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin. And, if any one sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous. ² And He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

³ And in this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴ He who says, "I have known Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; ⁵ but whosoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected: in this we know that we are in Him. ⁶ He who says that he is abiding in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked.

⁷ Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but and old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard. ⁸ 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.

⁹ He who says that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now. ¹⁰ He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. ¹¹ But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he is going, because the darkness blinded his eyes.