Contradiction: I John 2:7 and I John 2:8

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et us continue with the examination that we are making of the verses of the Bible to find out if it contains contradictions. Let us read, at once, what I John 2:7 says— “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.” This particular verse tells us that St. John was addressing the early brethren in the church. He said, “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.” It appears that St. John did not write the early Christians any new commandment. But in I John 2:8, he said— “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.” Here, in this verse, St. John said, “Again a new commandment I write unto you.” But bear in mind that in I John 2:7 he said, he was not writing a new commandment but an old commandment. Do they contradict? Did he write them a new commandment, or did he not? Let us ask for answers and explanations from our preachers . . . pastors . . . ministers … and from those who claim to be apostles and evangelists. They might know the answer. http://www.angdatingdaan.org/segments/seg_contra_2a.htm