2:3 |
And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments. |
2:4 |
Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. |
2:5 |
But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him. |
2:6 |
Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked. |
2:7 |
Most beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but the old commandment, which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word, which you have heard. |
2:8 |
Then too, I am writing to you a new commandment, which is the Truth in him and in you. For the darkness has passed away, and the true Light is now shining. |
2:9 |
Whoever declares himself to be in the light, and yet hates his brother, is in the darkness even now. |
2:10 |
Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause of offense in him. |
2:11 |
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness, and in darkness he walks, and he does not know where he is going. For the darkness has blinded his eyes. |
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