"Truth Not In Him"   1 John 2

"Hate; "Blinds"

The Test of Knowing Him

³ Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 

 ⁴ He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 

 ⁵ But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 

 ⁶ He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.


⁷ Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. 


⁸ Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.


⁹ He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 

 ¹⁰ He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 

 ¹¹ But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.