1 John 2

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1 John 2:7-8 describes the commandment John gives as both old and new. What reason does John give for calling it new?

Because a decisive shift in the ages has begun with Christ: the old shadows are giving way while genuine illumination has already begun to dawn, making the commandment newly real for the readersBecause John is introducing a completely different command that Jesus never actually taughtBecause it applies only to a new generation entirely unrelated to earlier believersBecause the old commandment has now been permanently canceled and replaced