John 1:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

In him was the life, and the life was the light of men:

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, and sayde: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shal not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.
  • John 11:25 : 25 Iesus saide vnto her: I am the resurreccion & the life He yt beleueth on me, shal lyue, though he were deed allready:
  • John 5:26 : 26 For as the father hath life in him self, so likewyse hath he geuen vnto the sonne, to haue life in himself:
  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light in to the worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not byde in darknesse.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Iesus sayde vnto him: I am the waye, and the trueth, and the life. Noman cometh to the father but by me.
  • John 9:5 : 5 As longe as I am in the worlde, I am the light of the worlde.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him, & declare vnto you, that God is lighte, and in him is no darknes at all. 6 Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him, and yet walke in darknes, we lye, and do not the trueth. 7 But yf we walke in lighte, euen as he is in lighte, then haue we fellishippe together, and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therfore sayeth he: Awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp fro the deed, and Christ shal geue the lighte.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Then sayde Iesus vnto them: The light is yet a litle whyle with you, walke whyle ye haue the light, that the darknesse fall not vpo you. He that walketh in the darknesse, woteth not whither he goeth.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is that recorde, euen yt God hath geue vs euerlastinge life. And this life is in his sonne.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 But whan Christ or life shal shewe himselfe, the shal ye also appeare with him in glory.
  • John 1:8-9 : 8 He was not that light, but that he might beare witnesse of ye light. 9 That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Thorow the tender mercy of oure God, wherby the daye sprynge from an hye hath vysited vs. 79 That he might geue light vnto them yt syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death, and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for the lightenynge of the Heythe, & for the prayse of yi people of Israel.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people which sat in darknes, sawe a greate lyght, & to them which sat in the region & shadowe of deeth, lyght is begone to shyne.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORDE haue called ye in rightuousnesse, & led the by the honde. Therfore wil I also defende the, & geue the for a couenaunt of the people, & to be the light of the Getiles. 7 That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prysoners, & them that syt in darknesse, out of the dongeon house.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 that Christ shulde suffre, and be the first of the resurreccion from the deed, and shew light vnto the people, and to the Heythen.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 As it is wrytten: The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life, and the last Ada in to a spiritual life.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 and the life hath appeared, and we haue sene, and beare wytnes, and shewe vnto you ye life that is euerlastinge, which was with the father, and hath apeared vnto vs.
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I Iesus haue sent myne angell, to testifie vnto you these thinges in the cogregacions. I am the rote and the generacion of Dauid, and the bright mornynge starre.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of life clere as cristall: proceadinge out of the seate of God and of ye lambe
  • John 5:21 : 21 For as the father rayseth vp the deed, and maketh them lyue, eue so the sonne also maketh lyuynge whom he wyll.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I wil bringe the blinde into a strete, that they knowe not: and lede them in to a fotepath, that they are ignoraunt in. I shal make darknesse light before the, & the thinge yt is croked, to be straight. These thinges will I do, & not forget them.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But vnto you that feare my name, shall the Sone of rightuousnesse aryse, & health shalbe vnder his winges. Ye shal go forth, & multiplie as ye fat calues.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly.
  • Isa 35:4-5 : 4 Saye vnto them that are of a fearful hert: Be of good chere, and feare not. Beholde: youre God cometh, to take vengeaunce & to rewarde, God cometh his owne self, and wil delyuer you. 5 Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightned, and the eares of the deaff opened.
  • Ps 60:1-3 : 1 O God, thou yt hast cast vs out and scatred vs abrode, thou yt hast bene so sore displeased at vs, coforte vs agayne. 2 Thou yt hast remoued the lode & deuyded it, heale the sores therof, for it shaketh. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people heuy thinges, thou hast geuen vs a drynke off wyne, yt we slobre withall.

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  • John 1:5-11
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    5and the light shyneth in the darknesse, and the darknesse comprehended it not.

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

    7The same came for a witnesse, to beare wytnesse of ye light, that thorow him they all might beleue.

    8He was not that light, but that he might beare witnesse of ye light.

    9That was the true light, which lighteth all men, that come in to this worlde.

    10He was in the worlde, & the worlde was made by him, and ye worlde knewe him not.

    11He came in to his awne, and his awne receaued him not.

  • John 1:1-3
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    1In the begynnynge was the worde, and the worde was with God, and God was ye worde.

    2The same was in the begynnynge wt God.

    3All thinges were made by the same, and without the same was made nothinge that was made.

  • 1 John 1:1-6
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    1That which was from ye begynnynge, which we haue herde, which we haue sene with or eyes, which we haue loked vpon, and or handes haue handled of the worde of life:

    2and the life hath appeared, and we haue sene, and beare wytnes, and shewe vnto you ye life that is euerlastinge, which was with the father, and hath apeared vnto vs.

    3That which we haue sene & herde, declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs, and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ.

    4And this wryte we vnto you, that youre ioye maye be full.

    5And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him, & declare vnto you, that God is lighte, and in him is no darknes at all.

    6Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him, and yet walke in darknes, we lye, and do not the trueth.

  • Gen 1:1-5
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    1In ye begynnynge God created heauen & earth:

    2and ye earth was voyde and emptie, and darcknes was vpon the depe, & ye sprete of God moued vpo the water.

    3And God sayde: let there be light, & there was light.

    4And God sawe the light that it was good. Then God deuyded ye light from the darcknes,

    5and called the light, Daye: and the darcknes, Night Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the first daye.

  • John 1:13-15
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    13Which are not borne of bloude, ner of the wyl of the flesh, ner of the wyl of man, but of God.

    14And the worde became flesh, and dwelt amonge vs: and we sawe his glory, a glory as of the onely begotte sonne of the father, full of grace and trueth.

    15Ihon bare wytnesse of him, cryed, and sayde: It was this, of whom I spake: After me shal he come, that was before me, For he was or euer I:

  • Col 1:15-17
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    15Which is the ymage of the inuisyble God, first begotte before all creatures.

    16For by him were all thinges created, that are in heauen and earth, thinges vysible and thinges inuysible, whether they be maiesties or lordshippes, ether rules or powers: All thinges are created by him and in him,

    17and he is before all thinges, and in him all thinges haue their beynge.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them, and sayde: I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me, shal not walke in darknesse, but shal haue the light of life.

  • John 5:35
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    35He was a burnynge and shyninge light, but ye wolde haue reioysed a litle whyle in his light.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6For God that comaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse, hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes, yt by vs ye light of ye knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth, in the face of Iesus Christ.

  • John 1:18
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    18No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begotte sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared the same vnto vs.

  • John 3:19
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    19But this is ye codempnacion, that the light is come in to the worlde, and men loued the darknesse more the ye light: for their workes were euell.

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.

    15And let them be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to shyne vpon the earth: And so it came to passe.

  • 1 John 5:11-12
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    11And this is that recorde, euen yt God hath geue vs euerlastinge life. And this life is in his sonne.

    12He that hath the sonne of God, hath life: He that hath not the sonne of God, hath not life.

  • 1 John 4:9
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    9By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde, that we mighte lyue thorow him.

  • John 11:10
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    10But he that walketh in the night, stobleth: for there is no light in him.

  • Luke 1:79
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    79That he might geue light vnto them yt syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death, and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace.

  • Matt 4:16
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    16the people which sat in darknes, sawe a greate lyght, & to them which sat in the region & shadowe of deeth, lyght is begone to shyne.

  • 1 John 2:8
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    8The olde comaundement is the worde, which ye haue herde from the begynnynge. Agayne, a new comaundemet wryte I vnto you, a thinge that is true in him & also in you: for the darknesse is past, and the true lighte now shyneth.

  • John 3:21
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    21But he that doth the trueth, commeth to the light, that his workes maye be knowne: for they are done in God.

  • John 9:5
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    5As longe as I am in the worlde, I am the light of the worlde.

  • Ps 36:9
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    9For by the is ye well of life, & in thy light, shall we se light.

  • John 5:26
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    26For as the father hath life in him self, so likewyse hath he geuen vnto the sonne, to haue life in himself:

  • Gen 1:17-18
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    17And God set them in the firmament of heauen, yt they might shyne vpo earth,

    18and to rule the daye and the night, and to deuyde the light from darcknes. And God sawe that it was good.

  • 2 Tim 1:10
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    10but is now declared openly by the appearynge of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ. Which hath taken awaye ye power of death, and hath brought life and immortalite vnto lighte, thorow the Gospell:

  • John 12:46
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    46I am come a light in to the worlde, that whosoeuer beleueth on me, shulde not byde in darknesse.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2Neuertheles ye people that haue dwelt in darcknesse, shal se a greate light. As for them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe of death, vpon them shal the light shyne.