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1 John 2:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. "
1 John 2:9
Verse in Context
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Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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1 John 2:1
"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ➔ ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"
1 John 2:2
"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
1 John 2:3
"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments."
1 John 2:4
"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."
1 John 2:5
"But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is ➔ the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."
1 John 2:6
"He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."
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