Those Who Hate Other Believers Are Still In The Dark (I John 2:7-11) God's Word & The Message Translations

^{GOD'S WORD TRANSLATION}
7    Dear friends, it’s not as though I’m writing to give you a new commandment. Rather, I’m giving you an old commandment that you’ve had from the beginning. It’s the old commandment you’ve already heard. 
8    On the other hand, I’m writing to give you a new commandment. It’s a truth that exists in Christ and in you: The darkness is fading, and the true light is already shining.
9    Those who say that they are in the light but hate other believers are still in the dark. 
10  Those who love other believers live in the light. Nothing will destroy the faith of those who live in the light. 
11  Those who hate other believers are in the dark and live in the dark. They don’t know where they’re going, because they can’t see in the dark.

THE MESSAGE TRANSLATION
7-8    My dear friends, I’m not writing anything new here. This is the oldest commandment in the book, and you’ve known it from day one. It’s always been implicit in the Message you’ve heard. On the other hand, perhaps it is new, freshly minted as it is in both Christ and you—the darkness on its way out and the True Light already blazing!

9-11  Anyone who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It’s the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God’s light and doesn’t block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn’t know which end is up, blinded by the darkness.