^{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.

^{10 Ref} He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.