John 1:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
  • John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
  • John 5:26 : 26 For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
  • John 9:5 : 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark. 6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue: 7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
  • John 1:8-9 : 8 He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light. 9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us, 79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations: 7 To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
  • John 5:21 : 21 In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Isa 35:4-5 : 4 Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour. 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
  • Ps 60:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again. 2 By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved. 3 You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

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    1From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

    2This Word was from the first in relation with God.

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    1That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

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    1At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

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    15Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

    16For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;

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    35He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

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    6Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

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    19And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

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    10But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

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    79To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

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    16The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

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    8Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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    17And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

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    10But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,

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    46I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

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    2The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.