1 John 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. ”

1 John 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that saith he is in the light - That he has true religion, or is a Christian. See 1 John 1:7 . And hateth his brother - The word “brother” seems here to refer to those who professed the s...
1 John 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. (8) Now he comes to the second table, that is, to charity towards one another, and denies that a man has...
1 John 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

even until. Greek. heos . now . Greek. arti .
1 John 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 He that saith he is in the light He pursues the same metaphor. He said that love is the only true rule according to which our life is to be formed; he said that this rule or law is present...
1 John 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that saith he is in the light - He that professes to be a convert to Christianity, even in the lowest degre...
1 John 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. There is no mean between light and darkness, love and hatred, life and death, God and the world: wherev...
1 John 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He that saith he is in the light ,.... Is in Christ the light, or has the true knowledge of the light of the Gospel, or is illuminated by the Spirit of God; for persons may profess to be enlightened...
1 John 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. Ver. 9. And hateth, his brother ] As Paul presseth faith, and Peter hope, so John love, those three cardin...
1 John 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To be in the light, signifies to be under the transforming, governing power of it, as the phrases import of being in the flesh, and in the Spirit, Romans 8:9 , being expounded by walking a...
1 John 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abiding in the light:
1 John 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 ; 1 John 1:6 ; 1 John 2:11 ; 1 John 2:4 ; 1 John 3:13-17 ; 2 Peter 1:9 ; John 9:41 ; Psalms 82:5 ; Romans 2:18-21
1 John 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He that saith he is in the light — In Christ, united to him. And hateth his brother — The very name shows the love due to him. Is in darkness until now — Void of Christ, and of all true light.

1 John 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 2:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes