1 John 2:11

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
  • Rev 3:17 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
  • John 12:40 : 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 but their minds were hardened: for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remaineth, it not being revealed [to them] that it is done away in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] .
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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    8Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

    9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

    11For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

    12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

    13Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

    14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

    15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

    16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

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    20If 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

    21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

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    19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

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    5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

    7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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    10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

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    23But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

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    5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

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    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

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    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

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