1 John 2:4-11

New International Version

⁴ Whoever says, “I know him,”^(A) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.^{(B) 5} But if anyone obeys his word,^(C) love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them.^(D) This is how we know^(E) we are in him: ⁶ Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.^(F)

⁷ Dear friends,^(G) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.^(H) This old command is the message you have heard. ⁸ Yet I am writing you a new command;^(I) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing^(J) and the true light^(K) is already shining.^(L)

⁹ Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister^[b](M) is still in the darkness.^{(N) 10} Anyone who loves their brother and sister^[c] lives in the light,^(O) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.^{(P) 11} But anyone who hates a brother or sister^(Q) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.^(R) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.^(S)