1 John 2:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the darkness.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

And Absalom said nothing, good or bad, to Amnon; but Absalom hated Amnon for having humiliated his sister Tamar. Absalom’s Plot.

Psalm 82:5

The gods neither know nor understand, wandering about in darkness, and all the world’s foundations shake.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate any of your kindred in your heart. Reprove your neighbor openly so that you do not incur sin because of that person.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you are saying, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.

Acts 1:15

During those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (there was a group of about one hundred and twenty persons in the one place). He said,

2 Peter 1:9

Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted, forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth.

1 John 2:11

Whoever hates his brother is in darkness; he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Members of the Community.

1 John 2:4

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

1 John 3:10

In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.