1 John 2:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ The person who claims to be living in [harmony with] the light [i.e., by obeying God’s truth], and [yet] hates his brother is still [living] in the darkness [of sin].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Whoever says he is in the Light and [yet] hates his brother [Christian, born-again child of God his Father] is in darkness even until now.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

Common English Bible

⁹ The one who claims to be in the light while hating a brother or sister is in the darkness even now.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Whoever declares himself to be in the light, and yet hates his brother, is in the darkness even now.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

1 John 2:9 Cross References

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were [really] blind [i.e., unable to see spiritually], you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim, ‘We can see [fine],’ you remain guilty of sin.”

Acts 1:15

And during this time Peter stood up to speak to a gathering of about one hundred twenty persons.

2 Peter 1:9

But, anyone who lacks these qualities is [spiritually] blind and shortsighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed [i.e., forgiven] of his past sins.

1 John 1:6

If we claim to share a relationship with God and yet live in darkness [i.e., in a sinful way], we are lying and are not living a truthful life.

1 John 2:11

But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness [of sin] and he lives in [harmony with] that darkness, and he does not know where he is heading, because the darkness [of sin] has blinded his eyes [to his spiritual condition].

1 John 2:4

The person who says, “I have come to know Him,” but does not obey what He commands, is lying [by such a profession], and the truth [about the matter] is not in his heart.

1 John 3:10

Here is how the children of God and the children of the devil can be recognized: All those who do not continue to do what is right do not belong to God. Also, the person who does not continue to love his brother [or sister does not belong to God].

1 John 4:20

If a person says, “I love God,” yet [in reality] hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot [possibly] love God, whom he has never seen.