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.