1 John 2:11

New English Translation

But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:22

But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

Leviticus 19:17

You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

John 12:35

Jesus replied, “The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

2 Corinthians 4:4

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

2 Peter 1:9

But concerning the one who lacks such things – he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

1 John 2:10

The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

1 John 2:9

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says “I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,