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1Jo 2:8 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a new		1Jo 4:21; Jhn 13:34; Jhn 15:12
which		1Jo 3:14-16; 1Jo 4:11; Jhn 15:12-15; 2Cr 8:9; Eph 5:1,2; 1Pe 1:21; 1Pe 4:1-3
the darkness		Sgs 2:11,12; Isa 9:2; Isa 60:1-3; Mat 4:16; Luk 1:79; Jhn 12:46; Act 17:30; Act 26:18; Rom 13:12; 2Cr 4:4-6; Eph 5:8; 1Th 5:5-8
and the		Psa 27:1; Psa 36:9; Psa 84:11; Mal 4:2; Jhn 1:4,5,9; Jhn 8:12; Jhn 12:35; 2Ti 1:10

Correlating Passages

a new

	1Jo 4:21	And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
	Jhn 13:34	A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
	Jhn 15:12	This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

which

	1Jo 3:14	We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.
	1Jo 3:15	Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
	1Jo 3:16	Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
	1Jo 4:11	Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
	Jhn 15:12	This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
	Jhn 15:13	Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
	Jhn 15:14	Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
	Jhn 15:15	Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
	2Cr 8:9	For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
	Eph 5:1	Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
	Eph 5:2	And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
	1Pe 1:21	Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
	1Pe 4:1	Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
	1Pe 4:2	That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
	1Pe 4:3	For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

the darkness

	Sgs 2:11	For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
	Sgs 2:12	The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
	Isa 9:2	The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
	Isa 60:1	Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
	Isa 60:2	For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
	Isa 60:3	And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
	Mat 4:16	The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
	Luk 1:79	To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
	Jhn 12:46	I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
	Act 17:30	And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
	Act 26:18	To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
	Rom 13:12	The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
	2Cr 4:4	In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
	2Cr 4:5	For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
	2Cr 4:6	For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
	Eph 5:8	For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
	1Th 5:5	Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
	1Th 5:6	Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.
	1Th 5:7	For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
	1Th 5:8	But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

and the

	Psa 27:1	[[[A Psalm] of David.]] The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
	Psa 36:9	For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
	Psa 84:11	For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
	Mal 4:2	But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
	Jhn 1:4	In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
	Jhn 1:5	And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
	Jhn 1:9	[That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
	Jhn 8:12	Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
	Jhn 12:35	Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
	2Ti 1:10	But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

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Scott, Thomas. "1 John 2:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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