The one who says that he is in the Light and yet (A)hates his (B)brother or sister is in the darkness until now.

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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[a](A) is still in the darkness.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:9 The 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.

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

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15 Everyone who (A)hates his brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that (B)no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

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15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(A) is a murderer,(B) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(C)

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15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

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20 (A)If someone says, “I love God,” and yet he (B)hates his brother or sister, he is a (C)liar; for (D)the one who does not love his brother and sister whom he has seen, (E)cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(A) is a liar.(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(D)

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20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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