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Berean Standard Bible

“Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.”

1 John 2:8

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John speaks of a commandment that is both old and new. The old is what believers have had from the beginning; the new is how it is realized in Christ.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

World English Bible (WEB)

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Again, 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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness does pass away, and the true light does now shine;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Otra vez os escribo un mandamiento nuevo, que es verdadero en él y en vosotros; porque las tinieblas son pasadas, y la verdadera luz ya alumbra.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Sin embargo, siempre es nuevo, porque es una realidad que se muestra en Cristo y en ustedes. Esto es así porque la luz verdadera brilla y hace que la oscuridad vaya disipándose.

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