Book of Common Prayer

³ And by this we know that we have come-to-know Him: if we are keeping His commandments. ⁴ The one claiming that “I have come-to-know Him” and not keeping His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this one. ⁵ But whoever is keeping His word, truly the love of God has been perfected^[a] in this one. By this we know that we are in Him: ⁶ the one claiming to be abiding in Him ought just as that One walked also himself thus to be walking.

If We Are Loving One Another, We Are Abiding In The Light

⁷ Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old^[b] commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard. ⁸ Yet-again I am writing a new^[c] commandment to you, which^[d] is true^[e] in Him and in you, because^[f] the darkness is passing-away and the true Light^[g] is already shining. ⁹ The one claiming to be in the light and hating his brother is in the darkness until now. ¹⁰ The one loving his brother is abiding in the light, and there is no cause-of-falling in him. ¹¹ But the one hating his brother is in the darkness, and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness blinded his eyes.

I Am The Light of The World, To Which I And My Father Are Testifying

¹² Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one following Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of ^[a] life”. ¹³ So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself— Your testimony is not true”. ¹⁴ Jesus responded and said to them, “Even if I am testifying about Myself, My testimony is true, because I know from where I came, and where I am going. But you do not know from where I come, or where I am going. ¹⁵ You are judging according to the flesh. I am not judging anyone. ¹⁶ But even if I am judging, My judgment is true, because I am not alone— but it is I and the Father having sent Me. ¹⁷ But even in your Law, it has been written that the testimony of two people is true. ¹⁸ I am the One testifying about Myself. And the Father having sent Me is testifying about Me”. ¹⁹ So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would also know My Father”.