8. Yet I am writing a new commandment for you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
9. The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness.
10. The one who loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
11. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has made his eyes blind.
12. I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of His name.
13. I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
14. I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the One who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15. Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.