1 John 1:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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  • John 8:12 : 12 ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, ‹I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.›
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
  • John 1:9 : 9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
  • John 9:5 : 5 ‹As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.›
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.› 36 ‹While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.› These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
  • Ps 36:9 : 9 For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 ¶ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

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  • 86%

    6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in 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 Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

    8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • John 1:4-5
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    4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

    5 ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

  • 1 John 1:1-4
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    1 ¶ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

    2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

    3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

    4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

  • 79%

    8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

    9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

    10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

    11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

  • 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

  • John 1:8-9
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    8 He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.

    9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

  • 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • 1 John 3:5-6
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    5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

    6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19 ‹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.›

    20 ‹For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.›

    21 ‹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.›

  • 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    19 [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

    20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • Gen 1:3-5
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    3 ¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

    4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

    5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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    35 ‹Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.›

    36 ‹If thy whole body therefore› [be] ‹full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.›

  • 35 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.›

  • 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

  • 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:

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    16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

    17 ¶ Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

  • 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

  • 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

  • 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  • 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].

  • 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

  • 19 ¶ We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

  • 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].

  • 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

  • 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  • 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • 12 ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, ‹I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.›

  • 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].

  • 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.