1 John 2:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ The one who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

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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.

1 John 2:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

And Aḇ

Psalm 82:5

They do not know, nor do they understand, They walk about in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Leviticus 19:17

‘Do not hate your brother in your heart. Reprove your neighbour, for certain, and bear no sin because of him.

John 9:41

יהושע  said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see,’ therefore your sin remains.

Acts 1:15

And in those days Kĕ

2 Peter 1:9

For he in whom these are not present is blind, being shortsighted, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his old sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and are not doing the truth.

1 John 2:11

But the one 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

The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love Elohim,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love Elohim whom he has not seen?