1 John 2:8-13

Contemporary English Version

⁸ But it really is a new commandment, and you know its true meaning, just as Christ does. You can see the darkness fading away and the true light already shining.

⁹ If we claim to be in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark. ¹⁰ But if we love others, we are in the light, and we don't cause problems for them.^{[a] 11} If we hate others, we are living and walking in the dark. We don't know where we are going, because we can't see in the dark.