1 John 2:9,11 - Compare All Versions
1 John 2:9 NIV (New International Version)
Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
1 John 2:11 NIV (New International Version)
But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
1 John 2:9 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
1 John 2:11 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:9 NLT (New Living Translation)
If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness.
1 John 2:11 NLT (New Living Translation)
But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.
1 John 2:9 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
1 John 2:11 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:9 KJV (King James Version)
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
1 John 2:11 KJV (King James Version)
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.
1 John 2:9 NKJV (New King James Version)
He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
I John 2:11 NKJV (New King James Version)
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.
1 John 2:9-11 MSG (The Message)
Anyone who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It’s the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God’s light and doesn’t block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn’t know which end is up, blinded by the darkness.
1 John 2:9-11 MSG (The Message)
Anyone who claims to live in God’s light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It’s the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God’s light and doesn’t block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn’t know which end is up, blinded by the darkness.
1 John 2:9 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
The one who says that he is in the Light and yet hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now.
1 John 2:11 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
But the one who hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:9 AMP (Amplified Bible)
The one who says he is in the Light [in consistent fellowship with Christ] and yet habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in the darkness until now.
1 John 2:11 AMP (Amplified Bible)
But the one who habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in [spiritual] darkness and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:9 NET (New English Translation)
The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.
1 John 2:11 NET (New English Translation)
But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.