So we can be content to simply read it, keeping in mind what we learned from verrses 7 and 8. He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness still. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and in it there is no cause for stumbling. But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. Hate is the evidence of blindness to the light of God.
Love is the evidence that sight has been given to to the blind.
This is the miracle of the new birth. This is the true light that is already shining. This is the fountain of love in every believer. There is much much more to say about love in 1 John and at Bethlehem. So let us continue to study and pray together.