1 John 2:7

1 John 2:7

5 But ^awhoever keeps His word, truly the love of God¹ is perfected ^bin him. By this we know that we are in Him.

6 ^aHe who says he abides in Him ^bought himself also to walk just as He walked.

7 ¹Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^afrom the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard² from the beginning.

8 Again, ^aa new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, ^bbecause the darkness is passing away, and ^cthe true light is already shining.

9 ^aHe who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

10 ^aHe who loves his brother abides in the light, and ^bthere is no cause for stumbling in him.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Brethren—The oldest manuscripts and versions read instead, "Beloved," appropriate to the subject here, love.

no new commandment—namely, love, the main principle of walking as Christ walked (I John 2:6), and that commandment, of which one exemplification is presently given, I John 2:9-10, the love of brethren.

ye had from the beginning—from the time that ye first heard the Gospel word preached.

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