7My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.
8Again, 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.
9He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
10He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
11But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
12I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.
13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.
