Verse 11
The hater’s sin affects him in three ways. It places him in darkness outside God’s fellowship. It leads to aimless activity in which he is in great spiritual danger and in which there is the possibility of a fall (cf. John 9:41). It also results in mental confusion (cf. John 12:35). The Christian who hates his brother loses his sense of spiritual direction in life partially or totally. No course of life is more dangerous for a Christian than one that includes hatred toward another believer.
"By saying that someone walks in darkness, John means that his or her ethical and spiritual life is benighted." [Note: Yarbrough, p. 105.]
John argued that intimate fellowship with God is possible only when a person is obedient to God (1 John 2:3-11) as well as when he renounces sin in his life (1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:2).
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