1 John 2:8

Modern English Version

Yet a new commandment I am writing to you, which holds true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:8

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

Romans 13:12

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

John 13:34

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

John 8:12

Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

John 1:9

The true Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not remain in darkness.

1 John 4:21

We have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out and grow up like calves from the stall.

1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we must also love one another.

2 Timothy 1:10

but is now revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that through His poverty you might be rich.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

Acts 17:30

God overlooked the times of ignorance, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent.

Luke 1:79

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Psalm 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Psalm 27:1

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

John 12:35

Then Jesus said to them, “Yet a little while 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.

Matthew 4:16

The people who sat in darkness saw great light. And on those who sat in the land of the shadow of death, light has dawned.”

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shined.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

1 Peter 1:21

Through Him you believe in God who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 John 3:23

And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another as He commanded us.