1YHN 2:8 Parallel View

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ULT Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is going away and the true light is already shining.

UST However, if we think about this in another way, I am telling you to do something new. It is new because the way that the Messiah lived was new, and the way that you are living is new. That is because you are ceasing to do evil and you are doing good more and more. It is as though you have come out of a dark place and have begun to live in light from God.

BSB Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

BLB Again, 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.

AICNT Again, I am writing 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.

OEB Yet, in a way, it is a new command that I am writing to you – which is shown true in Christ’s life and in yours – for the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

WEB Again, I write 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.

NET 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.

LSV again, a new command I write to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines;

FBV But in a sense I am giving you a new commandment. Its truth is revealed in Jesus and in you, for the darkness is coming to an end and the true light is already shining.

TCNT Yet I am writing 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.

T4T Nevertheless, I can say that the command I am writing to you is a new command. It is new because what Christ did was new, and what you are doing is new, because you have been ceasing to conduct your lives in a morally impure manner and are now truly conducting your lives in a pure manner. That is like [MET] no longer living in darkness. Instead, it is like living where a brilliant light is already shining.

LEB Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because[fn] the darkness is passing away and the true light already is shining.

?:? Or perhaps “that”

BBE Again, 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.

MOF No MOF 1YHN (1JHN) book available

ASV Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

DRA Again a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true both in him and in you; because the darkness is passed, and the true light now shineth.

YLT again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

DBY Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.

RV Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

WBS Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

KJB Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

BB Agayne, a newe commaundement I write vnto you, that is true in hym, and the same is true also in you: For the darkenesse is past, and the true lyght nowe shyneth.
(Agayne, a new commandment I write unto you, that is true in him, and the same is true also in you: For the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth/shines.)

GNV Againe, a new comandement I write vnto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkenes is past, and that true light now shineth.
(Again, a new comandement I write unto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkness is past, and that true light now shineth. )

CB The olde comaundement is the worde, which ye haue herde from the begynnynge. Agayne, a new comaundemet wryte I vnto you, a thinge that is true in him & also in you: for the darknesse is past, and the true lighte now shyneth.
(The old commandment is the word, which ye/you_all have heard from the beginning. Agayne, a new comaundemet write I unto you, a thing that is true in him and also in you: for the darkness is past, and the true lighte now shineth/shines.)

TNT Agayne a newe commaundement I write vnto you a thynge that is true in him and also in you: for the darknes is past and the true lyght now shyneth.
(Agayne a new commandment I write unto you a thinge that is true in him and also in you: for the darknes is past and the true light now shineth/shines. )

WYC Eftsoone Y write to you a newe maundement, that is trewe bothe in hym and in you; for derknessis ben passid, and veri liyt schyneth now.
(Eftsoone I write to you a new maundement, that is trewe both in him and in you; for darkness been passid, and veri light shineth/shines now.)

LUT Wiederum ein neu Gebot schreibe ich euch, das da wahrhaftig ist bei ihm und bei euch; denn die Finstemis ist vergangen, und das wahre Licht scheinet jetzt.
(Wiederum a neu Gebot schreibe I you, the there wahrhaftig is bei him and bei you; because the Finstemis is vergangen, and the wahre light scheinet jetzt.)

CLV Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebræ transierunt, et verum lumen jam lucet.[fn]
(Iterum mandatum new scribo vobis, that verum it_is and in ipso, and in vobis: because tenebræ transierunt, and verum lumen yam lucet.)

2.8 Quod verum est. Secundum quod promisit per observationem mandatorum Dei ad ipsius cognitionem et dilectionem perveniri. Et in ipso. Christo impletum, quia obedivit Patri usque ad mortem: et ideo glorificatus est. Et in vobis. Quorum quidam jam per hoc cum Deo gloriantur, et vere est novum quia tenebræ jam transierunt. Tenebræ ad veterem hominem pertinent, lux vero ad novum hominem.

2.8 That verum est. Secundum that promisit per observationem mandatorum God to ipsius cognitionem and dilectionem perveniri. And in ipso. Christo impletum, because obedivit Patri usque to mortem: and ideo glorificatus est. And in vobis. Quorum quidam yam per hoc when/with Deo gloriantur, and vere it_is new because tenebræ yam transierunt. Tenebræ to veterem hominem pertinent, light vero to new hominem.

UGNT πάλιν ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἡ σκοτία παράγεται, καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει.
(palin entolaʸn kainaʸn grafō humin, ho estin alaʸthes en autōi kai en humin, hoti haʸ skotia paragetai, kai to fōs to alaʸthinon aʸdaʸ fainei.)

SBL-GNT πάλιν ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἡ σκοτία παράγεται καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει.
(palin entolaʸn kainaʸn grafō humin, ho estin alaʸthes en autōi kai en humin, hoti haʸ skotia paragetai kai to fōs to alaʸthinon aʸdaʸ fainei. )

TC-GNT Πάλιν ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν· ὅτι ἡ σκοτία παράγεται, καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει.
(Palin entolaʸn kainaʸn grafō humin, ho estin alaʸthes en autōi kai en humin; hoti haʸ skotia paragetai, kai to fōs to alaʸthinon aʸdaʸ fainei. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

πάλιν

again

John is using the term Again in the sense of “Looking at this again from another perspective.” Alternate translation: “On the other hand”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν

/a/_commandment new ˱I˲_/am/_writing ˱to˲_you_all

John is referring to the same commandment as in 2:7, the commandment that Jesus gave to love one another, which the believers have had all along. So he does not mean that he is now writing a new and different commandment, but rather that this same commandment, which he called “old” there, can also be considered new in a certain sense. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly which commandment John is referring to, and you could give the likely reason why it can be considered new as well as “old.” Alternate translation: “the commandment that I am writing to you, to love one another, is also, in a sense, a new commandment, because it is characteristic of a new way of life”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἡ σκοτία παράγεται, καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει

which is true in him and in you_all because the darkness /is_being/_passed_away and the light ¬the true already /is/_shining

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first clause describes. It may also be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Because the darkness is going away and the true light is already shining, this commandment is true in Jesus and in you”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν

which is true in him and in you_all

Since Jesus consistently obeyed the commandment to love, it is likely that John is emphasizing that believers are doing the same thing themselves. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could bring out this implicit emphasis in your translation. It may also be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Jesus truly obeyed this commandment, and you are now truly obeying it as well”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὅ ἐστιν ἀληθὲς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν

which is true in him and in you_all

John is speaking as if this commandment were true inside of Jesus and these believers. Alternate translation, as a new sentence: “Jesus truly obeyed this commandment, and you are now truly obeying it as well”

Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns

αὐτῷ

him

The pronoun him refers to Jesus. John is using him as the supreme example of loving others. Alternate translation: “Jesus”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἡ σκοτία παράγεται, καὶ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἤδη φαίνει

the darkness /is_being/_passed_away and the light ¬the true already /is/_shining

As in 1:5, John is using the word darkness to represent evil and the word light to represent what is holy, right, and good. The shining of the light represents its influence on people. Alternate translation: “what is evil is going away and people are able to see what is genuinely good more and more”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν

the light ¬the true

Since John calls God “the True One” in 5:20, he may be referring to God’s goodness and holiness when he says the true light. Alternate translation: “the goodness of God” or “the holiness of God”

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