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title = "1 John 2:7–11"
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date = "2024-07-30"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1John2.7-11)
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We are now given a paradox, because John states that he is giving his readers a commandment that is both old and new at the same time.
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Calling the commandment "old" is easy to understand: it is the same teaching that Jesus gave when He was on earth, namely "Sin no more." ([_John 5:14_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John5.14))
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And that is hardly unique to Jesus's ministry because similar instructions are found all throughout the Old Testament as well. ([_2 Chronicles 7:14_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2Chronicles7.14), [_Psalm 4:4_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Psalm4.4), [_Ezekiel 3:19_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel3.19))
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But what makes this "a new commandment"? (_v. 8_)
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It is new in the sense that we now have the perfect example of Jesus to follow, when previously there was none.
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This is what is "true in him [i.e. Jesus] and in you".
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And we can know it is true by the progressive nature of sanctification in the believer's life as they walk in the light.
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The darkness passes away in the believer's heart and they love their brother the way Jesus loved them, not to the same degree, but closer and closer.
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Expose our faults in the light of Your glory, and mold us into Your image more completely.
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