Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever says he is in the Light and [yet] hates his brother [Christian, born-again child of God his Father] is in darkness even until now. American Standard Version (1901) He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. Common English Bible The one who claims to be in the light while hating a brother or sister is in the darkness even now. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever declares himself to be in the light, and yet hates his brother, is in the darkness even now. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. |
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
In those days Peter stood up among the disciples (a crowd of about one hundred twenty people who were gathered together). He said,
For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten the cleansing of his former sins.
If we say that we have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.
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.
Whoever says, “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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.
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?