1 John 2:11
But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
Cross References
John 12:40“ He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, 1 lest they should see with their eyes, 1 lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, 1 and I would heal them.”
2 Corinthians 4:4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.
1 John 1:6If we claim to have fellowship with Him, and we are walking in darkness, we are lying, and are not practicing the truth.
Revelation 3:17Because you say, “I am wealthy, and have become rich, and have need of nothing”—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, 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 →