1 John 2:9

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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.

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  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-3 : 1 If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but do not have love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give everything I have to the poor and surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
  • 2 Pet 1:9 : 9 But whoever lacks these qualities is blind and short-sighted, forgetful of the cleansing of their former sins.
  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They do not know nor do they understand; they wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
  • Rom 2:18-21 : 18 and know His will and approve things that are excellent, being instructed from the law, 19 and are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the form of knowledge and truth— 21 You then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
  • 1 John 3:13-17 : 13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them. 16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 2:10-11
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    10 Whoever loves their brother or sister abides in the light, and in them there is no cause for stumbling.

    11 But the one who hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

  • 1 John 2:8
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    8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

  • 1 John 3:10-18
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    10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

    11 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

    12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

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

    14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

    15 Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

    16 This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

    17 But whoever has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need, yet closes his heart against them, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18 Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.

    21 And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

    20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

    21 But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5 This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

    6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

    7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

    8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • John 15:23
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    23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father.

  • John 1:5
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    5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

  • 1 John 2:4-6
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    4 Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.

    5 But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

    6 Whoever says they abide in Him must also walk as He walked.

  • Luke 11:35
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    35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23 But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • John 11:10
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    10 'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9 Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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

  • John 12:35
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    35 Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as a brother or sister.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • 1 John 2:15
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    15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  • John 7:7
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    7 'The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify about it that its works are evil.'

  • John 1:9
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    9 The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

  • 1 John 3:6
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    6 No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24 An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit.

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17 All wrongdoing is sin, and yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • John 15:18
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    18 If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all who hate me love death.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26 Though hatred is concealed by deceit, its wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • 1 John 4:8
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    8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.