1 John 2:8-10

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⁸Yet I am writing you a new command;^(A) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing^(B) and the true light^(C) is already shining.^(D)

⁹Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister^[a]^(E) is still in the darkness.^(F) ¹⁰Anyone who loves their brother and sister^[b] lives in the light,^(G) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.^(H)

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1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.

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