1 John 2:9
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
In Context
10He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is no scandal in him.
Cross References
Psalms 82:5They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved.
Romans 2:18And knowest his will, and approvest the more profitable things, being instructed by the law,
2 Peter 1:9For he that hath not these things with him, is blind, and groping, having forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
1 John 2:4He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:13Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.
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 →