7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8 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. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Next we see we can get to know God more by loving our
brethren. These verses star off by telling us about a new commandment but says it is an old commandment. It does not say what the commandment is bur we can know that it is the one Christ gave about loving our neighbor.The true light of Christ shines in this new commandment and the darkness can not be a part of it. It tells us if we say we are in the light but hate our our brother is in darkness now and until he can shed the dislike of his brother. This person that hates his brother not only is in darkness but also walks in darkness and does not know where this leading him because he blinded by the darkness. Again this is about loving our brethren and when we do we are in the light and we do not stumble because God shows us the way. This attribute is a good one because you can read in the word of God where it says several times that “love covers a multitude of sins.” We need to do our best to love everyone even our enemies.