⁸ Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because^[a] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.^(A)

⁸ for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,^(A)

¹² the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off^[a] the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;^(A)

³⁴ I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.^(A)

Jesus the Light of the World

¹² Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”^(A)

⁹ The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.^[a](A)

⁴ In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.^{(A) 5} For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.^{(B) 6} For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.^(C)

⁴⁶ I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.^(A)

⁴ in him was life,^[a] and the life was the light of all people.^{(A) 5} The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.

²¹ The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.