He who hates his brother walks in darkness
Because of this, we'll see in today's and upcoming studies how true believers should respond by being obedient to God's words and loving one another. In previous weeks' studies of First John chapter 1, we realized many reminders that John wrote for the record: (1) He opened with a beautiful reminder that he'd personally witnessed, first hand, all that had been declared about Jesus, the Word of life (2) he then reminds his readers that eternal life comes only through the Son, who was with the Father from the very beginning (3) next he jogs our memory, telling us that true believers walk in the light and can't remain in darkness because the Son lives in us and purifies us from all sins (4) the first chapter ends with a biblical view of sin and a reminder that God is faithful to cleanse us from sin and unrighteousness when we confess.Įarly in chapter 2, we learned much about our sins and God's commands for us sinners, as highlighted in last week's summary, wherein he completed his concerns about sin, reminding us of how Jesus is our Advocate who's the atoning sacrifice for the sins of the entire world. This week's passage fits well into the theme that Apostle John focuses on in chapters 1 through 2: "God Is Light." Chapters 3 and 4 highlight "Love One Another in Brotherly Love" while chapter 5 brings our attention to "Victory over the World by Obeying God."
1ff.Facilitated by Rob A New Command about Love and Hatred We don’t know where we are going because we can’t see because it is dark.” (Source for this and two above: John Beekman in Notes on Translation 12, November 1964, p.
#HE WHO HATES HIS BROTHER WALKS IN DARKNESS HOW TO#
And he does not know how to live because the evil in him covers over his thoughts.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)