1 John 2:9

The Text-Critical English New Testament

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

Cross References

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “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 (a crowd of about one hundred twenty people who were gathered together). He said,

2 Peter 1:9

For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.

1 John 2:11

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

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

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 4:20

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