1 John

⁴He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him: ⁵but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him: ⁶he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked. ⁷Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard. ⁸Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. ⁹He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. ¹⁰He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.