1 John 2:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still.

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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

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

Psalm 82:5

They have neither knowledge nor understanding, they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Leviticus 19:17

“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason with your neighbor, lest you bear sin because of him.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,

2 Peter 1:9

For whoever lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth;

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 2:4

He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

1 John 3:10

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

1 John 4:20

If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.