1 John 2:11
but he who is hating his brother, he is in the darkness, and he walks in the darkness, and he has not known where he goes, because the darkness blinded his eyes.
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In Context
10he who is loving his brother, he remains in the light, and there is not a stumbling-block in him;
12I write to you, little children, because sins have been forgiven you through His Name;
Cross References
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, || They have not known at what they stumble.
John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn, and I might heal them”;
2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that there does not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;
1 John 1:6if we may say, “We have fellowship with Him,” and may walk in the darkness—we lie, and do not [speak] the truth;
Revelation 3:17because you say—I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and have not known that you are the 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 →