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1 John 2:8
Again a new commandment I write unto you: which thing is true both in him and in you, because the darkness is passed and the true light now shineth.
1 John 2:8 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
1 John 2:8 in other translations
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.
Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
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In context
5 But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
7 Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.
8 Again a new commandment I write unto you: which thing is true both in him and in you, because the darkness is passed and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light: and there is no scandal in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth: because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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