(A)He who says he abides in Him (B)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

[a]Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had (C)from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard [b]from the beginning. Again, (D)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, (E)because the darkness is passing away, and (F)the true light is already shining.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:7 NU Beloved
  2. 1 John 2:7 NU omits from the beginning

Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)

Dear friends,(B) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(C) This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command;(D) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(E) and the true light(F) is already shining.(G)

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