1 John 2:11
He that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness; and he knows not whither he goes, because darkness has blinded his eyes.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
10He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is in him no cause for offense.
12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.
Cross References
John 12:40He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should give them health.
2 Corinthians 4:4whose unbelieving minds the god of this age has darkened, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine to them.
1 John 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
Revelation 3:17Because you say I am rich, and abound in wealth, and have need of nothing, and know not that you are miserable and pitiable 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 →