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# Connecting Statement:
John gives believers basic principles of fellowship—obedience and love.
# Beloved, I am
"You people whom I love, I am" or "Dear friends, I am"
# I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment
"I write to you to love one other, which is not a new thing to do but an old commandment that you had heard." John refers to Jesus' command to love one another.
# from the beginning
Here, "beginning" refers to when they decided to follow Christ. AT: "from when you first believed in Christ" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# The old commandment is the word that you heard.
""The old commandment is the message that you heard"
# Yet I am writing a new commandment to you
"But in one way the commandment I write to you is a new commandment"
# which is true in Christ and in you
"which is true, as shown in Christ's deeds and your deeds"
# the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining
Here "darkness" is a metaphor for "evil" and "light" is a metaphor for "good." AT: "because you are ceasing to do evil and you are doing more and more good" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/beloved]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/darkness]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/light]]