1 John 2:9-11

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

10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister^[b] 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

• 1. ver 11; Leviticus 19:17; 1Jn 3:10,15,16; 1 John 4:20,21
• 2. 1 John 1:5
• 3. 1 John 3:14
• 4. ver 11; Psalms 119:165
• 5. S ver 9
• 6. S 1 John 1:6
• 7. John 11:9; John 12:35

Footnotes

• [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.
• [b] The Greek word for "brother and sister" ("adelphos" ) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.