1 John 2:9

9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a] is still in the darkness.

1 John 2:9 in Other Translations

KJV
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
ESV
9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
NLT
9 If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness.
MSG
9 Anyone who claims to live in God's light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark.
CSB
9 The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

1 John 2:9 In-Context

7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 11; Leviticus 19:17; 1Jn 3:10,15,16; 1 John 4:20,21
  • 2. 1 John 1:5

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Greek word for "brother or sister" ("adelphos" ) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
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