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1 John 2:9–10

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9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sisterbq is still in the darkness.r 10Anyone who loves their brother and sisterc lives in the light,s and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.t

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Footnotes

  1. bThe 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.
  2. cThe 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.

Cross references

  1. qver 11; Lev 19:17; 1 Jn 3:10, 15, 16; 4:20, 21
  2. r1 Jn 1:5
  3. s1 Jn 3:14
  4. tver 11; Ps 119:165

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother or sister remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

NLTNew Living Translation

If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.