1Jo 1:5, 2:7-8 | ESV | STEP | This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you , that God is light , and in him is no darkness at all .

1 John 1:5

Walking in the Light

5 ^aThis is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that ^bGod is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1 John 2:7-8

The New Commandment

7 Beloved, I am writing you ^cno new commandment, but ^dan old commandment ^ethat you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is ^fa new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because ^{▼▼Or that} ^hthe darkness is passing away and ⁱthe true light is already shining.