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1 John 2:10

He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

In Context

9He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.

11But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.

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Cross References

Hosea 6:3And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.

Matthew 18:7A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

John 8:31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

Romans 14:13Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

2 Peter 1:10For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

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 →

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