1 John 2:9

Modern English Version

Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is in darkness even until now.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom would not speak with Amnon, either pleasantly or angrily; but Absalom hated Amnon because he had raped his sister Tamar.

Psalm 82:5

“They have neither knowledge nor understanding; they walk around in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.”

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely reason honestly with your neighbor, and not suffer sin because of him.

John 9:41

Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the disciples (the number of people together was about one hundred and twenty), and said,

2 Peter 1:9

For he who lacks these things is blind and nearsighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins.

1 John 1:6

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

1 John 2:11

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

1 John 2:4

Whoever says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not live in righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?