Again, (A)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, (B)because the darkness is passing away, and (C)the true light is already shining.

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Walk in Light

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

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12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. (A)Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and (B)let us put on the armor of light.

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

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12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, (A)“I am the light of the world. He who (B)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

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(A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

whose minds (A)the god of this age (B)has blinded, who do not believe, lest (C)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, (D)who is the image of God, should shine on them. (E)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (F)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God (G)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (H)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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46 (A)I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.

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(A)In Him was life, and (B)the life was the light of men. And (C)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overcome

21 And (A)this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

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But to you who (A)fear My name
The (B)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

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11 Beloved, (A)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death. 15 (A)Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (B)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

The Outworking of Love

16 (C)By this we know love, (D)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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  1. 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother

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

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(A)But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all (B)sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. (C)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (D)let us watch and be [a]sober. For (E)those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk (F)are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, (G)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled

Walk in Love

Therefore(A) be imitators of God as dear (B)children. And (C)walk in love, (D)as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God (E)for a sweet-smelling aroma.

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

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18 (A)to open their eyes, in order (B)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (C)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (D)an inheritance among those who are (E)sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’

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  1. Acts 26:18 set apart

30 Truly, (A)these times of ignorance God overlooked, but (B)now commands all men everywhere to repent,

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12 (A)This is My (B)commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 (C)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 (D)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, (E)for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

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79 (A)To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To (B)guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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The Gentiles Bless Zion

60 Arise, (A)shine;
For your light has come!
And (B)the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
The (C)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

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(A)For with You is the fountain of life;
(B)In Your light we see light.

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An Exuberant Declaration of Faith

A Psalm of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The (B)Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?

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35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer (A)the light is with you. (B)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; (C)he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

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