6. The one who claims to remain in him ought to live in the same way as he lived.
7. Dear friends, I’m not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you heard.
8. On the other hand, I am writing 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.
9. The one who claims to be in the light while hating a brother or sister is in the darkness even now.