7 Beloved, I am writing you *2 John 5no new commandment, but *Lev. 19:18an old commandment *[ver. 24; ch. 3:11;2 John 5,6]that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is *See John 13:34a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because*2:8 Or that*Rom. 13:12;Eph. 5:8;1 Thess. 5:4,5the darkness is passing away and *John 1:9;8:12the true light is already shining.