1 John 2:9
Whoever therefore shall say that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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, abideth in the light, and in him is no stumbling.
Cross References
Romans 2:18that thou knowest his good pleasure, and discernest obligations, because thou art instructed in the law;
2 Peter 1:9For he, in whom these things are not found, is blind and seeth not, and hath forgotten the purgation of his former sins.
1 John 2:4For he that saith, I know him, and doth not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:13And wonder 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 →