1 John 2:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

Yet Absalom did not speak to Amnon, neither good nor evil. For Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.

Psalm 82:5

They have said, "Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer."

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them: "If you were blind, you would not have sin. Yet now you say, 'We see.' So your sin persists."

Acts 1:15

In those days, Peter, rising up in the midst of the brothers, said (now the crowd of men altogether was about one hundred and twenty):

2 Peter 1:9

For he who does not have these things at hand is blind and groping, being forgetful of his purification from his former offenses.

1 John 1:6

If we claim that we have fellowship with him, and yet we walk in darkness, then we are lying and not telling the truth.

1 John 2:11

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

1 John 2:4

Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the sons of God are made manifest, and also the sons of the devil. Everyone who is not just, is not of God, as also anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see?