6. The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.
7. Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already 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 is already shining.
9. The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.