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YetπάλινI am writingγράφωto youὑμῖνa newκαινὴνcommandment,ἐντολὴνwhichὅisἐστινtrueἀληθὲςinἐνhimαὐτῷandκαὶinἐνyou,ὑμῖνbecauseὅτιthe darknessἡ σκοτίαis passing awayπαράγεταιandκαὶthe trueτὸ ἀληθινὸνlightτὸ φῶςis alreadyἤδηshining.φαίνει
1 John 2:8
Study it in the app“Yet I am writing to you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:8, word by word
- Yetπάλινpalin
also
Adds something to what was said, on the other hand.
Where else “palin” appears- I am writingγράφωgraphō
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “graphō” appears- a newκαινὴνkainēn
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainēn” appears- commandmentἐντολὴνentolēn
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēn” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- trueἀληθὲςalēthes
true, truthful
True, truthful.
Where else “alēthes” appears- the darknessσκοτίαskotia
darkness
Living without God, far from his light.
Where else “skotia” appears- is passing awayπαράγεταιparagetai
pass away
To pass away, vanish.
Where else “paragetai” appears- the trueἀληθινὸνalēthinon
true
True, genuine, real.
Where else “alēthinon” appears- lightφῶςphōs
God's light
God's light that shows the truth.
Where else “phōs” appears- is alreadyἤδηēdē
already
Already, by now.
Where else “ēdē” appears- shiningφαίνειphainei
shine
To give light, shine.
Where else “phainei” appears
The context
7Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you heard.
8 · This verse (above)
9Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
To study 1 John 2 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?