1 John 2:11
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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- John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
- 1 John 2:9 : 9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
- Rev 3:17 : 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
- Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
- John 12:40 : 40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would 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 remains, because in Christ it passes away.
- 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
- Titus 3:3 : 3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and 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 don't tell the truth.
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- 1 John 2:8-103 verses90%
8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
- 1 John 3:10-189 verses81%
10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?
18 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
- 1 John 4:20-212 verses79%
20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
- John 3:19-213 verses76%
19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
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5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell 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.
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10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
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23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
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5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.
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19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
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12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
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23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.
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11 Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.
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23 "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
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8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
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8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
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36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."
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6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
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4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.
5 You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,
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18 being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;
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7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
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26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
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17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.
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13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
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12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.
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4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
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11 Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.