1 John 2:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  • 1 John 2:11 : 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-3 : 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.
  • 2 Pet 1:9 : 9 But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:
  • Ps 82:5 : 5 They do not know, nor do they understand; they walk in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
  • John 9:41 : 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
  • Rom 2:18-21 : 18 And know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
  • 1 John 3:13-17 : 13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 John 2:10-11
    2 verses
    90%

    10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

    11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • 1 John 2:8
    81%

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

  • 1 John 3:10-18
    9 verses
    81%

    10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

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

    12 Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

    13 Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

    14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

    15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

    16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

    17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

    18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
    2 verses
    80%

    20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

    21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

    20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

    21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

  • 1 John 1:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice 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 Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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

  • John 15:23
    71%

    23 He who hates me hates my Father also.

  • John 1:5
    71%

    5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

  • 1 John 2:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

    5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

  • Luke 11:35
    70%

    35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

  • Matt 6:23
    70%

    23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • John 11:10
    69%

    10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.

  • 2 John 1:9
    69%

    9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • Eph 5:8
    69%

    8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • John 12:35
    69%

    35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

  • 2 Thess 3:15
    69%

    15 Yet do not count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • Matt 5:23
    69%

    23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • 1 John 2:15
    68%

    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 him.

  • 1 John 1:10
    68%

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

  • John 7:7
    68%

    7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify of it that its works are evil.

  • John 1:9
    68%

    9 That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.

  • 1 John 3:6
    68%

    6 Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

  • 3 John 1:11
    68%

    11 Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.

  • Prov 26:24
    68%

    24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • 1 John 5:17
    68%

    17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.

  • 1 Pet 1:22
    68%

    22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

  • John 15:18
    67%

    18 If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.

  • Prov 10:18
    67%

    18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 8:36
    67%

    36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
    67%

    5 You are all children of light, and children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

  • Jas 4:11
    67%

    11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • Prov 26:26
    67%

    26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

  • 1 John 4:8
    67%

    8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.