John 1:4

American Standard Version (1901)

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

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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.
  • John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
  • John 5:26 : 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • John 9:5 : 5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 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. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but 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.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
  • John 12:35 : 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.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
  • John 1:8-9 : 8 He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light. 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us, 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 how that the Christ must suffer, [and] how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 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);
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
  • John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
  • 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.
  • Isa 35:4-5 : 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  • Ps 60:1-3 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand]. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again. 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

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