1 John 2:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is 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 once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

Romans 13:12

the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast 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; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 1:9

The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

1 John 4:21

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

Malachi 4:2

But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go forth leaping like calves from the stall.

1 John 4:11

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

2 Timothy 1:10

and now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and 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 sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Acts 26:18

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

Acts 17:30

The times of ignorance God overlooked, 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 thee is the fountain of life; in thy light do we see light.

Psalm 27:1

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

John 12:35

Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.”

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

1 Peter 1:21

Through him you have confidence 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 love one another, just as he has commanded us.