1 John 2:10
He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
9Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.
Cross References
Matthew 18:7"Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;
Romans 14:13Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement--that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up.
2 Peter 1:10For this reason, brethren, be all the more in earnest to make sure that God has called you and chosen you; for it is certain that so long as you practise these things, you will never stumble.
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 →