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1 John 2:3-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 John 2:3-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s Commands
3 This is how we are sure(A) that we have come to know Him: by keeping His commands.(B) 4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” 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 perfected.[a] 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 message(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(K) is in the darkness until now. 10 The one who loves his brother(L) remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.[b] 11 But the one who hates his brother(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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- 1 John 2:5 Or truly completed
- 1 John 2:10 Or in it
1 John 2:3-11
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1 John 2:3-11
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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers
3 We know(A) that we have come to know him(B) if we keep his commands.(C) 4 Whoever says, “I know him,”(D) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(E) 5 But if anyone obeys his word,(F) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(G) This is how we know(H) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(I)
7 Dear friends,(J) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(K) This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command;(L) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(M) and the true light(N) is already shining.(O)
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[b](P) is still in the darkness.(Q) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[c] lives in the light,(R) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(S) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(T) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(U) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(V)
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
- 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
- 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
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