1 John 2:9
World English Bible
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
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1 John 2:9 in other translations
He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
1 John 2:9 in context
- 7Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
- 8Again, 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.
- 9He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
- 10He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
- 11But 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.