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Text -- 1 John 2:11 (NET)

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2:11 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.
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Robertson: 1Jo 2:11 - -- Blinded ( etuphlōsen ). First aorist active indicative of tuphloō , the very verb and form used in 2Co 4:4 of the god of this age to keep men fro...

Blinded ( etuphlōsen ).

First aorist active indicative of tuphloō , the very verb and form used in 2Co 4:4 of the god of this age to keep men from beholding the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God. The first part of the verse repeats 1Jo 2:9, but adds this vivid touch of the blinding power of darkness. In the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky the fish in Echo River have eye-sockets, but no eyes.

Vincent: 1Jo 2:11 - -- Is - walketh - whither The condition of him who hates is viewed as related to being , action , and tendency .

Is - walketh - whither

The condition of him who hates is viewed as related to being , action , and tendency .

Vincent: 1Jo 2:11 - -- He goeth ( ὑπάγει ) Or, is going . See on Joh 6:21; see on Joh 8:21.

He goeth ( ὑπάγει )

Or, is going . See on Joh 6:21; see on Joh 8:21.

Vincent: 1Jo 2:11 - -- Hath blinded ( ἐτύφλωσεν ) For the image see Isa 6:10. See on closed , Mat 13:15. Compare Joh 1:5, and see note on κατέλαβ...

Hath blinded ( ἐτύφλωσεν )

For the image see Isa 6:10. See on closed , Mat 13:15. Compare Joh 1:5, and see note on κατέλαβεν , overtook ; Joh 11:35, Joh 11:40. The aorist tense, blinded , indicates a past, definite, decisive act. When the darkness overtook, it blinded. The blindness is no new state into which he has come.

Wesley: 1Jo 2:11 - -- And he must hate, if he does not love him: there is no medium.

And he must hate, if he does not love him: there is no medium.

Wesley: 1Jo 2:11 - -- In sin, perplexity, entanglement. He walketh in darkness, and knoweth not that he is in the high road to hell.

In sin, perplexity, entanglement. He walketh in darkness, and knoweth not that he is in the high road to hell.

JFB: 1Jo 2:9-11 - -- There is no mean between light and darkness, love and hatred, life and death, God and the world: wherever spiritual life is, however weak, there darkn...

There is no mean between light and darkness, love and hatred, life and death, God and the world: wherever spiritual life is, however weak, there darkness and death no longer reign, and love supplants hatred; and Luk 9:50 holds good: wherever life is not, there death, darkness, the flesh, the world, and hatred, however glossed over and hidden from man's observation, prevail; and Luk 11:23 holds good. "Where love is not, there hatred is; for the heart cannot remain a void" [BENGEL].

JFB: 1Jo 2:9-11 - -- As his proper element.

As his proper element.

JFB: 1Jo 2:9-11 - -- His neighbor, and especially those of the Christian brotherhood. The very title "brother" is a reason why love should be exercised.

His neighbor, and especially those of the Christian brotherhood. The very title "brother" is a reason why love should be exercised.

JFB: 1Jo 2:9-11 - -- Notwithstanding that "the true light already has begun to shine" (1Jo 2:8).

Notwithstanding that "the true light already has begun to shine" (1Jo 2:8).

JFB: 1Jo 2:11 - -- "is" marks his continuing STATE: he has never come out of "the darkness" (so Greek); "walketh" marks his OUTWARD WALK and acts.

"is" marks his continuing STATE: he has never come out of "the darkness" (so Greek); "walketh" marks his OUTWARD WALK and acts.

JFB: 1Jo 2:11 - -- Greek, "where"; including not only the destination to which, but the way whereby.

Greek, "where"; including not only the destination to which, but the way whereby.

JFB: 1Jo 2:11 - -- Rather, as Greek aorist, "blinded" of old. Darkness not only surrounds, but blinds him, and that a blindness of long standing.

Rather, as Greek aorist, "blinded" of old. Darkness not only surrounds, but blinds him, and that a blindness of long standing.

Clarke: 1Jo 2:11 - -- 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 ...

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 - having no proper knowledge of God or eternal things; and cannot tell whether he is going to heaven or hell, because that darkness has blinded his eyes - darkened his whole soul, mind, and heart.

Calvin: 1Jo 2:11 - -- 11.But he that hateth his brother He again reminds us, that whatever specious appearance of excellency thou shewest, there is yet nothing but what is...

11.But he that hateth his brother He again reminds us, that whatever specious appearance of excellency thou shewest, there is yet nothing but what is sinful if love be absent. This passage may be compared with 1Co 13:1, and no long explanation is needed. But this doctrine is not understood by the world, because the greater part are dazzled by all sorts of masks or disguises. Thus, fictitious sanctity dazzles the eyes of almost all men, while love is neglected, or, at least, driven to the farthest corner.

TSK: 1Jo 2:11 - -- he that : 1Jo 2:9; Joh 12:35; Tit 3:3 and walketh : Pro 4:19; Joh 12:35 because : Joh 12:40; 2Co 3:14, 2Co 4:4; Rev 3:17

he that : 1Jo 2:9; Joh 12:35; Tit 3:3

and walketh : Pro 4:19; Joh 12:35

because : Joh 12:40; 2Co 3:14, 2Co 4:4; Rev 3:17

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Barnes: 1Jo 2:11 - -- 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 i...

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 where there is not love for the brethren.

Is in darkness - 1Jo 2:9.

And walketh in darkness - He is like one who walks in the dark, and who sees no object distinctly. See the notes at Joh 12:35.

And knoweth not whither he goeth - Like one in the dark. He wanders about not knowing what direction he shall take, or where the course which he is on will lead. The general meaning is, that he is ignorant of the whole nature of religion; or, in other words, love to the brethren is a central virtue in religion, and when a man has not that, his mind is entirely clouded on the whole subject, and he shows that he knows nothing of its nature. There is no virtue that is designed to be made more prominent in Christianity; and there is none that will throw its influence farther over a man’ s life.

Poole: 1Jo 2:11 - -- Hath no principle to guide or govern him, but what is common to the unregenerate world, so that his whole life is a continual error; nor doth he und...

Hath no principle to guide or govern him, but what is common to the unregenerate world, so that his whole life is a continual error; nor doth he understand or consider the tendency of his course, being still under the power of an affected darkness, that makes his eyes, or understanding, of no more use than if he were quite blind, or had none at all. So weighty and important is the precept which he had to lay down, 1Jo 2:15 , of not loving the world, &c., that he introduces it with the solemnity of a most pathetic preface, contained in these three following verses, wherein he applies himself severally to the distinct orders and ranks into which Christians were capable of being reduced, the matter being of common and equal concernment to all of them. And he speaks suitably to the condition and state of each, such things as whereby he might most effectually insinuate with them, and oblige them deeply to consider what he had to say; doubling also his application to each of them, out of the earnestness of his intention and endeavour to fasten the exhortation upon them which was to follow.

Gill: 1Jo 2:11 - -- But he that hateth his brother is in darkness,.... As is before expressed in 1Jo 2:9, to which is added, and walketh in darkness; he goes on in it,...

But he that hateth his brother is in darkness,.... As is before expressed in 1Jo 2:9, to which is added,

and walketh in darkness; he goes on in it, and takes delight in it, as dangerous and uncomfortable as it is:

and knoweth not whither he goeth; he cannot discern between good and evil; he puts darkness for light, and light for darkness; he sees not what is before him, nor what stumblingblocks lie in the way; he is not aware of the snares, pits, and traps he is in danger of falling into; nor does he know and consider what these paths of darkness, of sin, and ignorance, and infidelity, lead unto, even unto utter darkness, where is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth: and the reason is,

because that darkness hath blinded his eyes; either Satan, the god of this world, who blinds the minds of them that believe not, and who is darkness itself, and the cause of darkness in himself and in others, and one of whose names this was with the Jews e; See Gill on Luk 22:53; or that natural darkness which sin has brought upon the understanding, and has blinded the eyes of it, called the blindness of the heart, Eph 4:18, so that a man under the power of it is ignorant of himself, and knows not that he is blind and miserable; is a stranger to the way of peace, and life by Christ, and knows not what he is about, and where he is, or whither he is going, and what his end will be.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Jo 2:11 1 John 2:3-11. The section 2:3-11 contains three claims to intimate knowledge of God, each introduced by the phrase the one who says (participles in t...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Jo 2:1-29 - --1 He comforts them against the sins of infirmity.3 Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments;9 to love our brethren;15 and not to love the world...

MHCC: 1Jo 2:3-11 - --What knowledge of Christ can that be, which sees not that he is most worthy of our entire obedience? And a disobedient life shows there is neither rel...

Matthew Henry: 1Jo 2:7-11 - -- 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 repre...

Barclay: 1Jo 2:9-11 - --The first thing which strikes us about this passage is the way in which John sees personal relationships in terms of black and white. In regard to ou...

Barclay: 1Jo 2:9-11 - --John has something further to say. As he sees it, our attitude to our brother man has an effect not only on him but also on ourselves. (i) If we lov...

Constable: 1Jo 1:5--3:1 - --II. Living in the light 1:5--2:29 "The teaching of 1 John is concerned essentially with the conditions for true ...

Constable: 1Jo 1:8--3:1 - --B. Conditions for living in the light 1:8-2:29 John articulated four fundamental principles that underli...

Constable: 1Jo 2:3-11 - --2. Obeying God 2:3-11 "The author is explaining to the members of his church, in answer to developing heretical tendencies, the nature of true Christi...

College: 1Jo 2:1-29 - --1 JOHN 2 C. THE ATONING SACRIFICE (2:1-2) 1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who...

Lapide: 1Jo 2:1-29 - --CHAPTER 2 Ver. 1.— My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. At the end of the last chapter it was said that all who wer...

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Commentary -- Other

Evidence: 1Jo 2:11 " The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man. He who says he loves God and hates his bro...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: 1 John (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN ABOUT a.d. 85 TO 90 By Way of Introduction Relation to the Fourth Gospel There are few scholars who deny that the Ep...

JFB: 1 John (Book Introduction) AUTHORSHIP.--POLYCARP, the disciple of John [Epistle to the Philippians, 7], quotes 1Jo 4:3. EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 3.39] says of PAPIAS, a...

JFB: 1 John (Outline) THE WRITER'S AUTHORITY AS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE GOSPEL FACTS, HAVING SEEN, HEARD, AND HANDLED HIM WHO WAS FROM THE BEGINNING: HIS OBJECT IN WRITING: H...

TSK: 1 John 2 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Jo 2:1, He comforts them against the sins of infirmity; 1Jo 2:3, Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments; 1Jo 2:9, to love our b...

Poole: 1 John 2 (Chapter Introduction) JOHN CHAPTER 2

MHCC: 1 John (Book Introduction) This epistle is a discourse upon the principles of Christianity, in doctrine and practice. The design appears to be, to refute and guard against erron...

MHCC: 1 John 2 (Chapter Introduction) (1Jo 2:1, 1Jo 2:2) The apostle directs to the atonement of Christ for help against sinful infirmities. (1Jo 2:3-11) The effects of saving knowledge i...

Matthew Henry: 1 John (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Epistle General of John Though the continued tradition of the church attests that this epistl...

Matthew Henry: 1 John 2 (Chapter Introduction) Here the apostle encourages against sins of infirmity (1Jo 2:1, 1Jo 2:2), shows the true knowledge and love of God (1Jo 2:3-6), renews the precept ...

Barclay: 1 John (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN A Personal Letter And Its Background First John is entitled a letter but it has no opening address nor c...

Barclay: 1 John 2 (Chapter Introduction) A Pastor's Concern (2Jo_2:1-2) Jesus Christ, The Paraclete (2Jo_2:1-2 Continued) Jesus Christ, The Propitiation (2Jo_2:1-2 Continued) The True...

Constable: 1 John (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical Background This epistle does not contain the name of its write...

Constable: 1 John (Outline) Outline I. Introduction: the purpose of the epistle 1:1-4 II. Living in the light 1:5-2:29 ...

Constable: 1 John 1 John Bibliography Bailey, Mark L., and Thomas L. Constable. The New Testament Explorer. Nashville: Word Publi...

Haydock: 1 John (Book Introduction) THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. This epistle was always acknowledged for canonical, and written by St. John, the apo...

Gill: 1 John (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 JOHN The author of this epistle was John, the son of Zebedee, the disciple whom Jesus loved: he was the youngest of the apostles,...

Gill: 1 John 2 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 JOHN 2 In this chapter the apostle comforts the saints under a sense of sin; urges them to an observance of the commandments of G...

College: 1 John (Book Introduction) FOREWORD It has been my pleasure to have been associated with Professor Morris Womack since the middle 1960s when we both accepted positions in the L...

College: 1 John (Outline) OUTLINE I. THE WORD OF LIFE - 1:1-4 II. LIFE WITH GOD AND THE WORLD - 1:5-2:27 A. The Way of Light and Darkness - 1:5-7 B. Admitting Our ...

Lapide: 1 John (Book Introduction) PREFACE TO THE FIRST EPISTLE OF S. JOHN. ——o—— I mention three things by way of preface. First, concerning the authority of the Epistle. Se...

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