1 John 2:9 meaning and explanation
If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
1 John 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The author is John, writing as a pastor to a congregation unsettled by teachers who had left the church. He has just said that the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining, and that whoever claims to abide in Christ must walk as Jesus walked.
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