A moment in scripture
1 John 2:7
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Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 John 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
- 1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- 1 John 2:8
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
- 1 John 2:9
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.