Why does John say in verse 7 that he writes no new commandment then in verse 8 say a new commandment I write unto you? Is it because he is double minded?
Grace, and Mercy, and Peace unto you,
from God, our Father, and our Lord JC.
NOTICE John is the only "Verily, verily" gospel account of these four: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; And
"Verily, verily" is allegorically akin to:
- dble "Amen, amen" (Numbers 5:22) = Blessed+cursed.
- dble "My God, my God" (Psalms 22:1) = forsaken
- dble "Master, master" (Luke 8:24) = two masters
- dble "Alas, alas" (Revelation 18) = mourning
So then it denotes that John is double minded:
http://sabelle.com/godshew/DoubleMinded.html
James 1:8 notes this, about double minded man:
"a double minded man is unstable in all his ways";
So not only John, but also Jesus was double minded,
for in Mt 7:13,14 Jesus = plural broad/narrow ways,
and if double minded is unstable both ways, well then
even the narrow way of broad/narrow is also unstable.
So Paul shews us "a more excellent way" in 1Cor 12-13;
And Paul fore-warns this about John: "beware of dogs",
naming John as one of the three top dogs who bewitch:
http://sabelle.com/godshew/RevelatorySermons26.htm
NOTICE also the use of both YE/YOU in 1John 2:7,8:
"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. 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".
YE = ye do ERR: Mt 22:29; greatly ERR: Mk 12:27
YOU = KofG is within YOU: Luke 17:21 (not in YE)
So, "love one another, as I have loved YOU",
is the new commandment which ends with "YOU".
It's kinda like the YE/YOU in John 8:32:
"YE shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make YOU free".
To be YOU, of YE/YOU, "YE must be born again": John 3. Further... more "born again not of corruptible seed (aka not of law), but of incorruptible (aka of grace)": 1Peter 1:23.
http://sabelle.com/godshew/BornAgain.html
Hope that helped turn any confusion into peace;
For God is not author of confusion, but of peace.