1 John 2:11

The person who hates is in the dark. They stumble along in the darkness; they do not know where they are going because the darkness blinds them.

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In The King James Version

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

In Context

10The person who loves others is always in the light, and there is nothing within them to cause them to stumble.

12Little children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for Christ’s sake.

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Cross References

John 12:40‘He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn – And I should heal them.’

2 Corinthians 4:4people whose minds have been blinded by the God of this age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the incarnation of God, should not shine for them.

1 John 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with him and yet continue to walk in the darkness, our words and our lives are a lie.

Revelation 3:17You say ‘I am rich and have grown rich, and I want for nothing,’ and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, 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 →

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