7 My dear friends, I am not writing you a new command. This is the same old command that you had from the beginning. This old commandment is the same teaching that you have already heard.
1 John 2: 7

8 I am writing you this new command. This commandment is true, you have seen its truth in Jesus and in yourself. Darkness is disappearing and the true light has already begun to shine.
1 John 2: 8

9 A man saith, I am in the light. But if that person hates his brother, he is still in the dark.
1 John 2: 9

10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
1 John 2:10

11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness. He does not know where he is going because darkness has blinded him.
1 John 2:11

12 Little children, I write unto you, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
1 John 2:12

13 Fathers, I write to you, because you know him who is from the beginning. Young men, I write to you because you have defeated the wicked one.
1 John 2:13

14 Little children, I write to you because you know God the Father. Fathers, I write to you because you know him who was from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you Be strong, the word of God dwells in you, and you have defeated that wicked one (Satan).
1 John 2:14