1 John 2:3-14

Christian Standard Bible

God’s Commands

³ This is how we know^(A) that we know him: if we keep his commands.^{(B) 4} The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But whoever keeps his word,^(C) truly in him the love of God is made complete. This is how we know we are in him:^{(D) 6} The one who says he remains in him^(E) should walk just as he walked.

⁷ Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command^(F) but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word^(G) you have heard. ⁸ Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away^(H) and the true light^(I) is already shining.^{(J) 9} The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister^(K) is in the darkness until now. ¹⁰ The one who loves his brother or sister^(L) remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.^{[a] 11} But the one who hates his brother or sister^(M) is in the darkness, walks in the darkness,^(N) and doesn’t know where he’s going,^(O) because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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