¹¹ But the one who hates his brother^(A) is in the darkness, walks in the darkness,^(B) and doesn’t know where he’s going,^(C) because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

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

Keeping God’s Commands

²⁰ If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother,^(A) he is a liar.^(B) For the person who does not love his brother^(C) he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.^[a]