Verse 9

The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 He says, 'It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back the preserved ones of Israel. I will also make you a light to the nations so that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.'
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind.
  • John 1:7 : 7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
  • 1 Thess 5:4-7 : 4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • John 6:32 : 32 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.'
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'
  • John 15:1 : 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
  • John 7:12 : 12 And there was a lot of murmuring among the crowds about Him. Some were saying, 'He is a good man,' but others were saying, 'No, He is deceiving the people.'