1 John 2:10
The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.
Open English Bible (US)
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
9The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Cross References
Hosea 6:3Let us know, let us eagerly seek to know the Lord. His coming is as sure as the sunrise. He will come to us like the winter rain, as the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Matthew 18:7Alas for the world because of such temptations! There cannot but be temptations but sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting!
John 8:31So Jesus went on to say to those who had believed him, “If you remain constant to my message, you are truly my disciples;
Romans 14:13Let us, then, cease to judge one another. Rather let this be your resolve – never to place a stumbling-block or an obstacle in the way of a fellow follower of the Lord.
2 Peter 1:10Therefore, friends, do your best to put God’s call and selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never 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 →