Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 John 2:10

"He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him." — 1 John 2:10 (ASV)

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

A loving spirit—kind, generous, forgiving, unselfish, seeking the good of others—this is one of the best proofs that our natural darkness has gone and that true spiritual light is within us. Some people think very much of the doctrine of Christ but very little of the Spirit of Christ. Let such remember that it is written, If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

If we do not know what it is to love, then, in the scriptural sense, we do not know what it is to live; we are dead. Hatred is the shroud in which the dead soul is wrapped, the grave clothes in which it is placed in the tomb; but love is the garment of life in which a truly quickened spirit arrays itself. The one who is full of hatred dwells in darkness, but he who loves abides in the light. Note how love and life and light are most blessedly linked to one another.