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1 John 2:9

Love for othersAngerConflict and reconciliation

7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

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

10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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BSB
If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
KJV
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
WEB
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
ASV
He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
DARBY
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
BLB
The one claiming to be in the light and hating his brother is in the darkness until now.
ÅB
Den som sier at han er i lyset, og som hater sin bror, han er enda i mørket.
OTB
Den som sier at han er i Lyset og likevel hater sin bror eller søster, er i mørket inntil nå.
B1930
Den som sier at han er i lyset, og som hater sin bror, han er ennu i mørket.

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Cross references

  • 1 John 4:20

    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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  • 1 John 2:11

    But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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  • 1 John 3:13–17

    Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

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  • Psalms 82:5

    They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

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  • 1 Corinthians 13:1–3

    Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

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  • 2 Peter 1:9

    But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

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  • 1 John 2:4

    He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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  • 1 John 1:6

    If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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