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1 John 2:9
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The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkenesse euen vntill now.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
The one who says that he is in the Light and yet hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
Anyone who says, "I am in the light," but hates a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.
Anyone who claims to live in God's light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It's the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God's light and doesn't block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn't know which end is up, blinded by the darkness.
The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
If we claim to be in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark.
Anyone who claims to be in this light while hating his brother is still in the dark.
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
Someone might say, "I am in the light," but if they hate any of their brothers or sisters in God's family, they are still in the darkness.
He that saith that hee is in that light, and hateth his brother, is in darkenes, vntill this time.
He who says he is in the light but hates his brother, is therefore in darkness even until now.
If we say that we are in the light, yet hate others, we are in the darkness to this very hour.
The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
The one claiming to be in the light, and hating his brother, is in the darkness until now.
The one who says he is in the Light [in consistent fellowship with Christ] and yet habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in the darkness until now.
He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.1 Corinthians 13:2; 2 Peter 1:9; 1 John 3:14-15;">[xr]
Whoever saith, then, that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.
Whoever therefore shall say that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.
He that sayth howe that he is in the lyght, and yet hateth his brother, is in darkenesse, euen vntyll this tyme.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
He that saith, he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until now.
Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.
He that seith, that he is in liyt, and hatith his brother, is in derknesse yit.
He that says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
If anyone claims, "I am living in the light," but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness.
Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in darkness.
Whoever says, "I am in the light," while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.
He that saith he is, in the light, and hateth, his brother, is, in the darkness, until even now!
He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.
He that sayth how that he is in the light and yet hateth his brother is in darknes even vntyll this tyme.
he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;
He that sayeth he is in lighte, and hateth his brother, is yet in darknesse.
he that says, he is in the light, and yet hates his brother, is still in darkness.
If we say we ride in the light, but hate others, we are liars in darkness.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that saith: 1 John 2:4
he is: 1 John 1:6, John 9:41, Romans 2:18-21
and hateth: 1 John 3:13-17
is in: 1 John 2:11, Psalms 82:5, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, 2 Peter 1:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:8 - brethren Leviticus 19:17 - hate Joshua 23:12 - go back Matthew 5:22 - his brother John 12:36 - the children John 12:46 - am Acts 26:18 - and to Romans 12:10 - kindly Romans 13:12 - works 1 Corinthians 6:6 - brother Ephesians 5:8 - but Hebrews 13:1 - General 1 John 1:7 - If we 1 John 3:10 - neither 1 John 3:14 - that loveth 1 John 4:8 - knoweth
Cross-References
And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.
She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, but violent behaviour takes away souls.
Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:
For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.
I will send shaking on the nations at the sound of his fall, when I send him down to the underworld with those who go down into the deep: and on earth they will be comforting themselves, all the trees of Eden, the best of Lebanon, even all the watered ones.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He that saith he is in the light,.... Is in Christ the light, or has the true knowledge of the light of the Gospel, or is illuminated by the Spirit of God; for persons may profess to be enlightened ones, and not be so: wherefore the apostle does not say, he that is in the light, but he that says he is,
and hateth his brother; who is so either by creation, as all men are brethren, having one Father, that has made them, and brought them up; or by regeneration, being born of God the Father, and in the same family and household of faith; and so regards such who are in a spiritual relation, whom to hate internally, or not to love, is inconsistent with being in the light, or having faith, which is always naturally and necessarily accompanied with the heat of love; for as light and heat, so faith and love go together: wherefore, let a man's profession of light be what it will, if love to his brother is wanting, he
is in darkness even until now; he is in a state of nature and unregeneracy, which is a state of darkness and ignorance; he is under the power of darkness, and in the kingdom of Satan; who is the ruler of the darkness of this world; he ever was so from his birth; he never was called nor delivered out of it, but is still in it to this moment, and so remains. This seems to be very much levelled against the Jews, who make hatred of the brother in some cases lawful: for they say d,
"if one man observes sin in another, and reproves him for it, and he does not receive his reproof, מותר לשנאותו, "it is lawful to hate him";''
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d Moses Kotsensis Mitzvot Tora, pr. neg. 5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He that saith he is in the light - That he has true religion, or is a Christian. See 1 John 1:7.
And hateth his brother - The word “brother” seems here to refer to those who professed the same religion. The word is indeed sometimes used in a larger sense, but the reference here appears to be to that which is properly brotherly love among Christians. Compare Lucke, in loc.
Is in darkness even until now - That is, he cannot have true religion unless he has love to the brethren. The command to love one another was one of the most solemn and earnest which Christ ever enjoined, John 15:17; he made it the special badge of discipleship, or that by which his followers were to be everywhere known, John 13:35; and it is, therefore, impossible to have any true religion without love to those who are sincerely and truly his followers. If a man has not that, he is in deep darkness, whatever else he may have, on the whole subject of religion. Compare the notes at 1 Thessalonians 4:9.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. He that saith he is in the light — He that professes to be a convert to Christianity, even in the lowest degree; and hateth his brother-not only does not love him, but wills and does him evil, as the Jews did the Gentiles; is in darkness-has received no saving knowledge of the truth; and, whatever he may pretend, is in heathen ignorance, or even worse than heathen ignorance, to the present time, notwithstanding the clear shining of the light of the Gospel.
