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

^{8 Ref} Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

^{9 Ref} He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.