A ministry of the Word
Verse 11: Spiritual Blindness 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. Someone may attend Church, volunteer, lead, and be well studied; they may give all their money to the poor, …
VERSE 9: Still in the Darkness Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. “A brother or sister”: John again employs the vehicle of repetition to elucidate what he means by “our brothers or sisters” (See 1st John 2:9-11; 3:20, 15, 17; 4:20; 5:16); …
VERSE 9: Hate Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. “Hates”: John’s metaphor of darkness is the foundation used to introduce the supreme unholy attribute of hate in the same way that his metaphor of light is the foundation used to introduce the …
VERSE 9: The Darkness Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. John uses the mechanism of repetition to create, clarify, and consummate meaning in his writings, and we find the metaphor of darkness employed in three sets of repetition: 1st John 1:5-6 (CSB) …
