1 John 2:10

1 John 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
• New International Version (NIV)Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.

Context of 1 John 2:10

8Again, 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. 9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11But 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. 12I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.

1 John 2:10 word by word

ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ φωτὶ μένει καὶ σκάνδαλον ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He that lovethἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• brotherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• abidethμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the lightφῶςphōs · lightG5457
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• there isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• noneοὐou · noG3756
• occasion of stumblingσκάνδαλονskandalon · stumbling blockG4625

Cross-references for 1 John 2:10

• 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
• Hosea 6:3Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
• John 8:31Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
• Romans 14:13Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.
• 2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
• Matthew 13:21yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
• Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
• Luke 17:1Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!
• Romans 9:32Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
• Philippians 1:10that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,

Commentaries on 1 John 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He that loveth his brother - That is, his neighbor, his fellow creature, whether Jew or Gentile, so as to bear him continual good will, and to be ready to do him every kind office; abideth in the light - not only gives proof that he has received Christ Jesus the Lord, but that he walks in him, that he retains the grace of his justification, and grows therein. And there is none occasion of stumbling in him - ͅ · And there is no stumbling block in him; he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light - Has true religion, and enjoys it. And there is none occasion of stumbling in him - Margin, “scandal.” Greek, “and there is no stumbling” (or scandal - ́ skandalon- in him.) The word here used, means anything against which one strikes or stumbles; and then a stumbling-block, an impediment, or anything which occasions a fall. Then it is used in a moral or spiritual sense, as denoting that which is the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-11Verses 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 religion nor honesty in the professor. The love of God is perfected in him that keeps his commandments. God's grace in him attains its true mark, and produces its sovereign effect as far as may be in this world, and this is man's regeneration; though never absolutely perfect here. Yet this observing…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10To cause others to stumble can also mean to ensnare or entrap them. The Greek word skandalon means a trap or a block in someone’s path. The Gnostics taught false ideas about Christ, and their teaching harmed people by trapping them in error and darkness. remains in the light: Living the way God wants will help, not harm, the faith of other Christians.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. 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 darkness and death no longer reign, and love supplants hatred; and Lu 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 Lu 11:23 holds good. "Where love is not, there hatred is; for the heart…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 2:10

• Darkness
• Fraternity
• Love
• Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Advocate
• Lie
• Stumble
• Brotherly Kindness; Brotherly Love
• Commandment, the New
• Johannine Theology
• John, the Epistles of

Commentaries on 1 John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings