1 John 2:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 4:20 : 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 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.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-3 : 1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
  • 2 Pet 1:9 : 9 For he that lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
  • 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:
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.
  • Rom 2:18-21 : 18 and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, 19 and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, 20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth; 21 thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
  • 1 John 3:13-17 : 13 Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But 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?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 2:10-11
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    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

    11But 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.

  • 1 John 2:8
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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.

  • 1 John 3:10-18
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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.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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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.

  • John 3:19-21
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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.

    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

    21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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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.

  • John 15:23
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    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

  • John 1:5
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    5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

  • 1 John 2:4-6
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    4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

    6he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

  • Luke 11:35
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    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

  • Matt 6:23
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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!

  • John 11:10
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    10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus 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.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15And [yet] count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • John 7:7
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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

  • John 1:9
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    9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

  • 1 John 3:6
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    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

  • John 15:18
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    18If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

  • 1 John 4:8
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    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.