John 1:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.

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  • 1 John 2:8 : 8 Againe, a new comandement I write vnto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkenes is past, & that true light now shineth.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And hee sayde, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my seruaunt, to raise vp the tribes of Iaakob, and to restore the desolations of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou maiest bee my saluation vnto the ende of the worlde.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In it was life, and that life was the light of men.
  • John 1:7 : 7 This same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of that light, that all men through him might beleeue.
  • 1 Thess 5:4-7 : 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shal come on you, as it were a thiefe. 5 Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse. 6 Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 But we know that that Sone of God is come, & hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: & we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.
  • John 6:32 : 32 Then Iesus said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, Moses gaue you not that bread from heauen, but my Father giueth you that true bread from heauen.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Iesus sayd vnto him, I am that Way, and that Trueth, and that Life. No man commeth vnto the Father, but by me.
  • John 15:1 : 1 I Am that true vine, and my Father is that husband man.
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the Law, and to the testimonie, if they speake not according to this worde: it is because there is no light in them.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?
  • John 7:12 : 12 And much murmuring was there of him among the people. Some said, He is a good man: other sayd, Nay: but he deceiueth the people.

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  • John 1:1-8
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    87%

    1In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God.

    2This same was in the beginning with God.

    3All things were made by it, and without it was made nothing that was made.

    4In it was life, and that life was the light of men.

    5And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.

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

    7This same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of that light, that all men through him might beleeue.

    8He was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.

  • John 1:10-11
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    10He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.

    11He came vnto his owne, and his owne receiued him not.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill.

    20For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.

    21But he that doeth trueth, commeth to the light, that his deedes might bee made manifest, that they are wrought according to God.

  • John 1:13-15
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    13Which are borne not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of ye wil of man, but of God.

    14And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.

    15Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cryed, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that commeth after me, was before me: for he was better then I.

  • John 12:46
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    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoeuer beleeueth in me, should not abide in darkenes.

  • John 5:35
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    35He was a burning, & a shining candle: and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his light.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.

    6If wee say that wee haue fellowship with him, and walke in darkenesse, we lie, and doe not truly:

  • John 9:5
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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then spake Iesus againe vnto them, saying, I am that light of the worlde: hee that followeth mee, shall not walke in darkenes, but shall haue that light of life.

  • John 1:17-18
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    17For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace, and trueth came by Iesus Christ.

    18No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.

  • 1 John 1:1-3
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    1That which was from the beginning, which wee haue heard, which wee haue seene with these our eyes, which wee haue looked vpon, and these handes of ours haue handled of that Word of life,

    2(For that life was made manifest, and wee haue seene it, and beare witnes, and shewe vnto you that eternall life, which was with the Father, and was made manifest vnto vs)

    3That, I say, which wee haue seene and heard, declare wee vnto you, that yee may also haue fellowship with vs, and that our fellowship also may be with the Father, and with his Sonne Iesvs Christ.

  • Luke 1:78-79
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    78Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an hie hath visited vs,

    79To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, & to guide our feete into the way of peace.

  • Gen 1:3-4
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    3Then God saide, Let there be light: And there was light.

    4And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes.

  • Isa 9:2
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    2The people that walked in darkenes haue seene a great light: they that dwelled in the land of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.

  • John 1:29-31
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    29The next day Iohn, seeth Iesus coming vnto him, and saith, Beholde that Lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the world.

    30This is he of whom I saide, After me commeth a man, which was before me: for he was better then I.

    31And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.

  • John 11:9-10
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    9Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If a man walke in the day, hee stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

    10But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

  • 1 John 2:8
    72%

    8Againe, a new comandement I write vnto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkenes is past, & that true light now shineth.

  • Matt 4:16
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    16The people which sate in darkenes, sawe great light: and to them which sate in the region, and shadowe of death, light is risen vp.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6For God that commanded the light to shine out of darknesse, is he which hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ.

  • Luke 11:33
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    33No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in, may see the light.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Then Iesus sayd vnto them, Yet a litle while is the light with you: walke while ye haue that light, lest the darkenes come vpon you: for hee that walketh in the darke, knoweth not whither he goeth.

    36While ye haue that light, beleeue in that light, that ye may be the children of the light. These things spake Iesus, and departed, and hid himselfe from them.

  • Luke 11:36
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    36If therefore thy whole body shall be light, hauing no part darke, then shall all be light, euen as when a candle doth light thee with the brightnesse.

  • Mark 1:9
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    9And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came from Nazareth, a citie of Galile, and was baptized of Iohn in Iordan.

  • Matt 5:16
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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen.

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.

  • John 1:34
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    34And I sawe, and bare record that this is that Sonne of God.

  • John 9:39
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    39And Iesus sayd, I am come vnto iudgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blinde.

  • John 9:1
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    1And as Iesus passed by, he sawe a man which was blinde from his birth.