1 John 2:9

A Conservative Version

He who claims to be in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.

Cross References

1 John 4:20

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

1 John 2:11

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and he goes about in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Psalm 82:5

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

2 Peter 1:9

For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins.

1 John 2:4

He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin, but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remains.

Leviticus 19:17

Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

2 Samuel 13:22

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

Acts 1:15

And in those days, Peter, having stood up in the midst of the disciples (and there was a multitude of names at the same place, about a hundred twenty), he said

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God are visible, and the children of the devil. Every man not doing righteousness is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother.