John 1:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • John 11:25 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live:
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should 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 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice 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 Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 And this is the testimony, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us, 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then you also shall appear with him in glory.
  • John 1:8-9 : 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people which sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light has sprung up.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison house.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 And so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a living being.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 For the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and testify, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way they do not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and you shall go forth and grow up like stall-fed calves.
  • 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 those who walk uprightly.
  • Isa 35:4-5 : 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
  • Ps 60:1-3 : 1 O God, You have cast us off, You have scattered us, You have been displeased; O turn to us again. 2 You have made the earth to tremble; You have broken it; heal its breaches, for it shakes. 3 You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of astonishment.

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

    9That was the true Light, which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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    1That 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, concerning the Word of life;

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    3That which 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.

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

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    15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:

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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone 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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    18No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

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    19This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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    21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.

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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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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 has the light shined.