8Again, 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.


In Context

5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

7 Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

8 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.

9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

1 John 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Again, 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Again 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Again, 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Again, 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.