John 1:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:8 : 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.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
  • John 12:46 : 46 ‹I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.›
  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
  • John 1:7 : 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.
  • 1 Thess 5:4-7 : 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 ¶ Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 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.
  • John 6:32 : 32 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.›
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, ‹I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.›
  • John 15:1 : 1 ¶ ‹I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.›
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 ‹But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great› [is] ‹that darkness!›
  • John 7:12 : 12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

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

    2The same was in the beginning with God.

    3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

    4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

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

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

    7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.

    8He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.

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

    11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

  • 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.›

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

    14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

    15¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

  • John 12:46
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    46‹I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.›

  • John 5:35
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    35‹He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.›

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    5¶ 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 1:17-18
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    17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

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  • Luke 1:78-79
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    78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

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  • Gen 1:3-4
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    3¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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    2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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    29¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

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    9Jesus answered, ‹Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.›

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    16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

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    6For 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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    34And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

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    1¶ And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.