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1 John 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


1 John 2:8Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 John 2:824 words
GreekMeaning
πάλινpalin
AgainadverbG3825
ἐντολὴνentolēn
a commandmentnounG1785
καινὴνkainēn
newadjectiveG2537
γράφωgraphō
I am writingverbG1125
ὑμῖνhymin
to youpronounG4771
ho
whichrelative pronounG3739
ἐστινestin
isverbG1510
ἀληθὲςalēthes
trueadjectiveG227
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
αὐτῷautō
HimpronounG846
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ὑμῖνhymin
youpronounG4771
ὅτιhoti
becausewordG3754
thearticleG3588
σκοτίαskotia
darknessnounG4653
παράγεταιparagetai
is passing awayverbG3855
καὶkai
andwordG2532
τὸto
thearticleG3588
φῶςphōs
lightnounG5457
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἀληθινὸνalēthinon
trueadjectiveG228
ἤδηēdē
alreadyadverbG2235
φαίνειphainei
shinesverbG5316
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 John 2:8

“Dearly beloved, I write unto you no new commandment, but the old commandment which you had from the beginning.” 1 John 2:7 What commandment calls he “old? Which you had,” says he, “from the beginning. Old” then, in this regard, that you have already heard it: otherwise he will contradict the Lord, where He says, “A new commandment give I unto you, that you love one another.” John 13:34 But why an “old” commandment? Not as pertaining to the old man. But why? “Which you had…

Augustine · 4th century · Homily 1 on the First Epistle of John
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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