1 John 2:7-8
What is written? (ESV)
Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
What does it say?
Brethren, I’m writing about nothing different than what you’ve already heard. At the same time it’s new, since Jesus lived it out as you are now as well, and the darkness is ending as the truth light is currently shining.
What is its immediate context?
John, in his letter to brethren, makes refrain after refrain for them to continue to “walk in the light”. In the first chapter, he states as, “If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” (1:6)
How 1 John 2:7-8 is applied across Bible answers
Is the Bible the complete revelation of God?
The apostle John instructs Christians that he writes no new commandment(s), only to continue in what they've "had from the beginning".
This entire context, particularly chapter two, is to avoid the antichrist (vs 18), which is anyone teaching something different to what they already were taught or "those who are trying to deceive you" (vs 26).
