1 John 2:9

Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

8And yet I *am* giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.

10He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.

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Cross References

Romans 2:18and know the supreme will, and can test things that differ--being a man who receives instruction from the Law--

2 Peter 1:9For the man in whom they are lacking is blind and cannot see distant objects, in that he has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins.

1 John 2:4He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.

1 John 3:13Do not be surprised, brethren, 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 →

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