He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
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Gill's Exposition
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 of God; for persons may profess to be enlightened…
Barnes' Notes
He that saith he is in the light - That he has true religion, or is a Christian. See 1Jo 1:7. And hateth his brother - The word “brother” seems here to refer to those who professed the same religion.…
Adam Clarke
He that saith he is in the light - He that professes to be a convert to Christianity, even in the lowest degree; and hateth his brother - not only does not love him, but wills and does him evil, as…
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…
The form of these three verses is similar to that of 1Jn 2:3-5, and still more so to 1Jn 1:8-10. In each of these three triplets a case is placed between two statements of the opposite to it;…
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