1 John 2:9

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

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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...
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 chari...
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 teache...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

even until. Greek. heos . now . Greek. arti .
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 b...
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...
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...
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 fel...
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 ma...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 righteo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law of Love. A. D. 80. 7 Brethren, I w...
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 Spir...
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 exper...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Again, a new commandment I do write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already...
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...
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 C...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. For this we ought to watch and strive, that we sin not. 1 John...
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 r...
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 th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abiding in the light:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

⁹ He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 2:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 John 2:9