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889 B
889 B
is in the darkness and walks in the darkness
Here "walk" is a metaphor for how a person lives or behaves. Here to be "in the darkness" and "walks in the darkness" mean the same thing. This brings attention to how evil it is to hate a fellow believer. Alternate translation: "does what is evil" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
he does not know where he is going
This is a metaphor for the believer who is not living as a Christian should be living. Alternate translation: "he does not know what he should do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the darkness has blinded his eyes
"the darkness has made him unable to see." Darkness is a metaphor for sin or evil. Alternate translation: "sin has made it impossible for him to understand the truth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)