1 John 2:11
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him.
12I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
John 12:40He has blinded their eyes, and has hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I would heal them.
2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good-news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them.
1 John 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
Revelation 3:17Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:8-12
The Law of Love. ( a. d. 80.) 7 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. 8 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. 9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none… Read the whole commentary →