1 John 2:9
The person who says that they are in the light, and yet hates others, is still in the darkness.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 82:5“They have neither knowledge nor insight, in darkness they walk to and fro, while the earth’s foundations totter.
Romans 2:18and, having been carefully instructed from the Law, have learned to appreciate the finer moral distinctions.
2 Peter 1:9Surely the person who has not these virtues is shortsighted even to blindness, and has chosen to forget that they have been purified from their sins of the past!
1 John 2:4Whoever says “I know him,” but does not keep his commands, is a liar. The truth has no place in them.
1 John 3:13Do not be suprised, friends, if the world hates you.
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 →