1 John 1:5

American Standard Version (1901)

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David]. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
  • John 1:9 : 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
  • John 9:5 : 5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.
  • Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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  • 1 John 1:6-10
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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

    7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • John 1:4-5
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    4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

    5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

  • 1 John 1:1-4
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    1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life

    2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us);

    3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

    4and these things we write, that our joy may be made full.

  • 1 John 2:8-11
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    8Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

    9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

    10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

    11But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

  • John 1:8-9
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    8He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light.

    9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

  • 1 John 3:5-6
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    5And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

    21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
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    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • Gen 1:3-5
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    3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

    36If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

  • Col 1:13
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    13who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

    17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 4:12
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    12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  • John 1:18
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    18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .

  • 2 John 1:6
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    6And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

  • 2 Pet 1:19
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    19And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

  • Eph 5:11
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    11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • John 8:12
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    12Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • Ps 139:12
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    12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.