1 John 2:9

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1 John 2:9

The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

1 John 2:11

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.

Psalm 82:5

They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

John 9:41

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.

Romans 2:18-21

know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

If I speak human or angelic languages
but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 Peter 1:9

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.

1 John 1:6

If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

1 John 2:4

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” yet doesn"t keep His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 3:13-17

Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 John 2:9

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

That saith

1 John 2:4

He is

1 John 1:6

John 9:41

Romans 2:18

And hateth

1 John 3:13

Is in

General references

John 15:12

Hebrews 13:1

Bible References

That saith

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” yet doesn"t keep His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

He is

If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth.

“If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin.

But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.

know His will, and approve the things that are superior, being instructed from the law,

And hateth

Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

Is in

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

They do not know or understand;
they wander in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

If I speak human or angelic languages
but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.

General references

This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you.

Let brotherly love continue.