He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
He that saith ... "This is the fifth time in this epistle that John pointed out a possible inconsistency between profession and conduct (1 John 1:6,8,10;  1 John 2:4;  1 John 4:20)."[28] If people are troubled today because of the gap between people's profession and their performance, it might help to recall that the problem is indeed an old one.