^{7 Ref} My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

^{8 Ref} Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

^{9 Ref} He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

^{7 Ref} Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

^{8 Ref} Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

^{9 Ref} He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.