1 John 2:11
but he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him;
12I write to you, my children, because your sins have been forgiven you for his name's sake.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
John 12:40“He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn from their ways, and I should heal them.”
2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the God of this world blinded the understandings of the unbelieving, so that they cannot behold the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
1 John 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth;
Revelation 3:17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten wealth, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable one, 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 →