1 John 2:8 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁸ Again, a new commandment I am writing to you, which [thing] is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true (is realized) in Him and in you, because the darkness (moral blindness) is clearing away and the true Light (the revelation of God in Christ) is already shining.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

Common English Bible

⁸ On the other hand, I am writing 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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Then too, I am writing to you a new commandment, which is the Truth in him and in you. For the darkness has passed away, and the true Light is now shining.

1 John 2:8 Cross References

Matthew 4:16

the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and to those who sat in the land and the shadow of death, light sprang up on them."

Luke 1:79

to give light to them that sit in darkness and [in ]the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

John 1:9

That was the true Light which lightens every man coming into the world.

John 12:35

Then Jesus said to them, "[For] yet a little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me may not abide in darkness.

John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Acts 17:30

So then these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent,

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for ]them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

Romans 13:12

The night is advanced, the day is at hand. Therefore let us put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet on account of you He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light-

2 Timothy 1:10

but has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Jesus Christ, having abolished death on the one hand, [and] having brought to life immortality through the gospel on the other,

1 Peter 1:21

who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

1 John 3:23

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and should love one another, just as He gave commandment.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if in this way God loved us, indeed we ought to love one another.

1 John 4:21

And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God should love his brother also.