ACC ~ 1 John 2 v9

LIVING IN THE LIGHT. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA: The light is the truth, and a brother is not just our neighbor but the Lord [Jesus] as well. ADUMBRATIONS.

LOCKED IN DARKNESS. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: Perhaps you think that such darkness is like that which people suffer when they are locked in prison. If only it were as easy as that! SERMONS 185.2.

ONE WHO HATES. HILARY OF ARLES: The person who hates is in darkness until he repents or until he discovers love. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

HATE AND LOVE. ANDREAS: How can someone say that he belongs to Christ and at the same time hate his brother for whom Christ died? Or if someone says he belongs to God and yet hates Christ, who has become our brother by becoming a man, he is not of God but of the devil. For if he were of God, he would love the brother who had been sent to him and anointed by grace. CATENA.

LIVING IN DARKNESS STILL. BEDE: The Lord told us to love our enemies, so if someone claims to be a Christian and hates his brother, he is still dead in his sins. It is good that John added the word still here, because everyone is born in the darkness of sin and remains there until he is enlightened through Christ by the grace of baptism. But the person who comes to the font or to the Lord’s Supper with hatred towards his brother is still in the darkness, even if he thinks that he has been enlightened by God, nor can he get rid of the shadows of sin unless he begins to love. ON1 JOHN.

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