1 John 2:8

Yet the love command is also new, made real in Christ and in believers as the darkness fades and the true light shines. Christ inaugurates a new era of love.

Cross-references · 30

• Eph 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Rom 13:12The 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.
• John 13:34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
• John 8:12Then 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.
• 2 Cor 4:4–6In 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.
• John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
• John 1:9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
• John 1:4–5In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• 1 Jn 4:21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
• 1 Th 5:4–8But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
• Mal 4:2But 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.
• 2 Tim 1:10But 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:
• Eph 5:1–2Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• 1 Jn 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
• Acts 26:18To 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.
• Ps 36:9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
• 2 Cor 8:9For 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.
• Ps 27:1The 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?
• Luke 1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• 1 Jn 3:14–16We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
• Acts 17:30And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
• John 15:12–15This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
• John 12:35Then 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.
• Isa 9:2The 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.
• Song 2:11–12For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
• Matt 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
• Ps 84:11For 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.
• 1 Pet 1:21Who 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.
• 1 Pet 4:1–3Forasmuch 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;

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