But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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Gill's Exposition
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness,.... As is before expressed in Jo1 2:9, to which is added,
and walketh in darkness; he goes on in it, and takes delight in it, as dangerous and…
Barnes' Notes
But he that hateth his brother - The word here used would, in this connection, include both the mere absence of love, and positive hatred. It is designed to include the whole of that state of mind…
Adam Clarke
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness - He is still in his heathen or unconverted state; and walketh in darkness, his conduct being a proof of that state; and knoweth not whither he goeth -…
The seventh verse may be supposed either to look backward to what immediately preceded (and then it is walking as Christ walked that is here represented as no new, but an old commandment; it is that…
Cambridge Bible
is in darkness and walketh in darkness The darknessis his home and the scene of his activity. -The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble" (Pro 4:19).
knoweth not whither…
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