1 John 2:9
He who saith, that he is in the light, yet hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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
10He that loveth his brother is in the light, and occasion of stumbling in him there is none.
Cross References
Romans 2:18and knowest the will of God, and bringest to the test the things that are different, being instructed out of the law;
2 Peter 1:9But he that hath no possession of these things, is blind, dim-sighted, sinking into oblivion of his purification from the sins of his former days.
1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and in him the truth is not.
1 John 3:13Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate 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 →