1 John 2:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If we hate others, we are living and walking in the dark. We don't know where we are going, because we can't see in the dark.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

Absalom treated Amnon as though nothing had happened, but he hated Amnon for what he had done to his sister Tamar.

Proverbs 4:19

The lifestyle of the wicked is like total darkness, and they will never know what makes them stumble.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

Wisdom is like having two good eyes; foolishness leaves you in the dark. But wise or foolish, we all end up the same.

Leviticus 19:17

Don't hold grudges. On the other hand, it's wrong not to correct someone who needs correcting.

John 12:35

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you for only a little longer. Walk in the light while you can. Then you won't be caught walking blindly in the dark.

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded the eyes of the people, and he has made the people stubborn. He did this so that they could not see or understand, and so that they would not turn to the Lord and be healed.”

2 Corinthians 3:14

The people were stubborn, and something still keeps them from seeing the truth when the Law is read. Only Christ can take away the covering that keeps them from seeing.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god who rules this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers. They cannot see the light, which is the good news about our glorious Christ, who shows what God is like.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

2 Peter 1:9

But if you don't grow, you are like someone who is nearsighted or blind, and you have forgotten that your past sins are forgiven.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we share in life with God and keep on living in the dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth.

1 John 2:10

But if we love others, we are in the light, and we don't cause problems for them.

1 John 2:9

If we claim to be in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark.

1 John 3:15

If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know that murderers do not have eternal life.

1 John 4:20

But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?

Revelation 3:17

You claim to be rich and successful and to have everything you need. But you don't know how badly off you are. You are pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.