1 John 2:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

He that saith that hee is in that light, and hateth his brother, is in darkenes, vntill this time.

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  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene?
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 Hee that saith, I knowe him, and keepeth not his commaundements, is a liar, and the trueth is not in him.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he that hateth his brother, is in darkenesse, and walketh in darkenesse, and knoweth not whither hee goeth, because that darkenesse hath blinded his eyes.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-3 : 1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I had the gift of prophecie, and knewe all secrets and all knowledge, yea, if I had all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines and had not loue, I were nothing. 3 And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.
  • 2 Pet 1:9 : 9 For he that hath not these things, is blinde, and can not see farre off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes.
  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If wee say that wee haue fellowship with him, and walke in darkenesse, we lie, and doe not truly:
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They knowe not and vnderstand nothing: they walke in darkenes, albeit all the foundations of the earth be mooued.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.
  • Rom 2:18-21 : 18 And knowest his will, and triest the things that dissent from it, in that thou art instructed by the Lawe: 19 And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse, 20 An instructer of them which lacke discretion, a teacher of the vnlearned, which hast the forme of knowledge, & of the truth in ye Law. 21 Thou therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thy selfe? thou that preachest, A man should not steale, doest thou steale?
  • 1 John 3:13-17 : 13 Marueile not, my brethren, though this world hate you. 14 We know that we are translated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren: he that loueth not his brother, abideth in death. 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him. 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren. 17 And whosoeuer hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother haue neede, & shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in him?

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  • 1 John 2:10-11
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    10Hee that loueth his brother, abideth in that light, & there is none occasion of euil in him.

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

  • 1 John 2:8
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    8Againe, a new comandement I write vnto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkenes is past, & that true light now shineth.

  • 1 John 3:10-18
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    10In this are the children of God knowen, and the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.

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

    12Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.

    13Marueile not, my brethren, though this world hate you.

    14We know that we are translated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren: he that loueth not his brother, abideth in death.

    15Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him.

    16Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.

    17And whosoeuer hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother haue neede, & shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in him?

    18My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene?

    21And this comandemet haue we of him, that he that loueth God, should loue his brother also.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.

    20For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

    21But he that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deedes might bee made manifest, that they are wrought according to God.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
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    5This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.

    6If wee say that wee haue fellowship with him, and walke in darkenesse, we lie, and doe not truly:

    7But if we walke in the light as he is in the light, we haue fellowship one with another, and the blood of Iesus Christ his Sonne clenseth vs from all sinne.

    8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.

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

  • John 1:5
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    5And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

  • 1 John 2:4-6
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    4Hee that saith, I knowe him, and keepeth not his commaundements, is a liar, and the trueth is not in him.

    5But hee that keepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede: hereby wee knowe that ye are in him.

    6He that saith he remaineth in him, ought euen so to walke, as he hath walked.

  • Luke 11:35
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    35Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?

  • John 11:10
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    10But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whosoeuer transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Sonne.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,

  • John 12:35
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    35Then Iesus sayd vnto them, Yet a litle while is the light with you: walke while ye haue that light, lest the darkenes come vpon you: for hee that walketh in the darke, knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
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    15Yet count him not as an enemie, but admonish him as a brother.

  • Matt 5:23
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    23If then thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee,

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

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say we haue not sinned, wee make him a liar, and his word is not in vs.

  • John 7:7
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    7The world can not hate you: but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes thereof are euill.

  • John 1:9
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    9This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.

  • 1 John 3:6
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    6Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

  • 1 John 5:17
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    17All vnrighteousnesse is sinne, but there is a sinne not vnto death.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
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    22Hauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

  • John 15:18
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    18If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 8:36
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    36But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of his brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of ye Law, and condemneth the Lawe: and if thou condemnest the Lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the Lawe, but a iudge.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.

  • 1 John 4:8
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    8Hee that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.