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 cardinal virtues,1 Corinthians 13:13. See Trapp on " 1Jn 2:5 "
Is in darkness] Yea, in the prince of darkness, who acteth and agitateth him, as he did Cain. Holy Greenham often prayed, that he might keep up his young zeal with his old discretion.