John 1:4

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In Him was life, and that life was the light of mankind.

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."
  • John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.'
  • John 5:26 : 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son also to have life in Himself.
  • 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 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 9:5 : 5 'While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.'
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
  • John 1:8-9 : 8 He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 9 The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of our God's tender mercy, the dawn from on high will visit us, 79 to shine on those who live 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 your people Israel."
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned upon them.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations. 7 To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out from the dungeon, and to release those who dwell in darkness from their confinement.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 that the Messiah must suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the light of the gospel to our people and to the Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So it is written: 'The first man, Adam, became a living being'; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 the life was made visible, and we have seen it, and we testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us—
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to these things for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 Then the angel showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
  • John 5:21 : 21 'Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wills.'
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Isa 35:4-5 : 4 Say to those with fearful hearts, 'Be strong; do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with divine retribution. He will come and save you.' 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
  • Ps 60:1-3 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Lily of the Testimony,' a Miktam of David, for instruction. 2 When he fought against Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah, and Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 3 You, O God, have rejected us and broken us; you have been angry—restore us again.

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  • John 1:5-11
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    5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

    7He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

    8He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

    9The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

    11He came to His own, but His own people did not receive Him.

  • John 1:1-3
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    1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2He was in the beginning with God.

    3All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not a single thing came into being that has come into existence.

  • 1 John 1:1-6
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    1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have observed and our hands have touched, concerning the Word of life—

    2the life was made visible, and we have seen it, and we testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was revealed to us—

    3what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

    4We write these things to you so that your joy may be fully complete.

    5This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

    6If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

  • Gen 1:1-5
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    1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    3Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.

    4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light 'day,' and the darkness he called 'night.' And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

  • John 1:13-15
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    13They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

    14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

    15John testified about Him and cried out, saying, 'This is the one I spoke about when I said, “He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”'

  • Col 1:15-17
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    15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

    16For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.

    17He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."

  • John 5:35
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    35John was a lamp that burned and shone, and for a time, you were willing to rejoice in his light.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • John 1:18
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    18No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.

  • John 3:19
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    19This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days, and years,

    15and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.' And it was so.

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    11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

    12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

  • 1 John 4:9
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    9By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

  • John 11:10
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    10'But if anyone walks at night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.'

  • Luke 1:79
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    79to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • Matt 4:16
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    16The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned upon them.

  • 1 John 2:8
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    8Yet 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.

  • John 3:21
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    21But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

  • John 9:5
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    5'While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.'

  • Ps 36:9
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    9They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

  • John 5:26
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    26For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son also to have life in Himself.

  • Gen 1:17-18
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    17God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

    18to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

  • 2 Tim 1:10
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    10and has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

  • John 12:46
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    46I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2You have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.