1 John 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 John 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But he that hateth his brother - The word here used would, in this connection, include both the mere absence of love, and positive hatred. It is designed to include the whole of that state of min...
1 John 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Obedience the Proof of Fellowship. Here John repeats in a positive way the teaching of the previous section. Conduct cannot be, as the false teachers claimed, a matter of indifference, for true kno...
1 John 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

knoweth . App-132. goeth . Compare John 12:35 . hath . Omit. blinded . Greek. tuphloo. See 2 Corinthians 4:4 .
1 John 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. But he that hateth his brother. He again reminds us, that whatever specious appearance of excellency thou shewest, there is yet nothing but what is sinful if love be absent. This passage...
1 John 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness -...
1 John 2:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But he that hateth his brother— Here is all along an evident allusion to one person's walking in the open day-light and another's walking in a very dark night: the one walks securely, and avoids al...
1 John 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Is in darkness, and walketh. "Is" marks...
1 John 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers 1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle felt for his disciples. Advocate ] The word thus tra...
1 John 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Here ( 1 John 2:9-11 ) is the chief way in which the old commandment, the new commandment, the word from the beginning, the walk in light would be manifested: brotherly love towards those with whom w...
1 John 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Keeping His Commandment of Love 1 John 2:1-11 It is clearly possible to be kept from known and presumptuous sin. We shall be tempted, for that is an inevitable experience of life in this world;...
1 John 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away. The tests whereby we may know our relation to lig...
1 John 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. (8) Again, a new command...
1 John 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness ,.... As is before expressed in 1 John 2:9 , to which is added, and walketh in darkness ; he goes on in it, and takes delight in it, as dangerous and...
1 John 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 11. He that hateth, &c. ] There is...
1 John 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that saith he is in the light In Christ; united to him, and truly enlightened by the gospel and the grace of God; and yet hateth his brother (The very name shows the love due to him;) is in...
1 John 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (JND). If we have seen some absolute, positive...
1 John 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law of Love. A. D. 80. 7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old comma...
1 John 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hath no principle to guide or govern him, but what is common to the unregenerate world, so that his whole life is a continual error; nor doth he understand or consider the tendency of his course, bei...
1 John 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Old Commandment and the New Commandment ( 1 John 2:7-11 ). Here John stresses the need to stand by what they have originally learned and experienced and by the Light that is already shining am...
1 John 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 2:8 . New commandment .—St. John seems to refer to his demand of love to the brethren, as the satisfactory sign of heart-obedience, son-like obedience to the...
1 John 2:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1-4 . 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: and he is the propitiation fo...
1 John 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος, a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9 , the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the...
1 John 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 2:1 , 1 John 2:2 Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation wrought through Jesus Christ the Righteous. The connexion with the preceding is c...
1 John 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abiding in the light:
1 John 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:9 ; 2 Corinthians 3:14 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; John 12:35 ; John 12:40 ; Proverbs 4:19 ; Revelation 3:17 ; Titus 3:3
1 John 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He that hateth his brother — And he must hate, if he does not love him: there is no medium. Is in darkness — In sin, perplexity, entanglement. He walketh in darkness, and knoweth not that he is in...

1 John 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes