John 1:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

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  • John 3:19-20 : 19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 12:36-40 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them. 37 But although he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 They are among those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths. 14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and disguises his face. 16 In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one knows them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD; 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my rebuke.
  • John 1:10 : 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

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  • John 1:1-4
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    1In 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 through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.

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

  • John 1:6-11
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    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

    7This man 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.

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

    10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

    11He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    82%

    5This 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.

    6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

  • John 3:19-21
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    78%

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

    20Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

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

  • John 11:9-10
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    9Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

    10But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Then 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.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.

  • John 1:14
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    14And the Word became 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.

  • Gen 1:2-5
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    2And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

    3And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

    4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.

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

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  • Matt 4:16
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    16The 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 9:2
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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.

  • John 8:12
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    12Then 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.

  • 1 John 1:1-3
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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;

    2For 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;

    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.

  • Luke 1:79
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    79To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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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.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35Take heed therefore that the light which is in you is not darkness.

    36If your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives you light.

  • John 12:46
    73%

    46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.

  • 1 John 2:8-9
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    8Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines.

    9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

  • John 1:18
    72%

    18No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
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    4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

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

  • Eph 5:8
    71%

    8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  • 1 John 2:11
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    11But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • Eph 5:13
    70%

    13But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light: for whatever makes manifest is light.

  • John 1:31
    70%

    31I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.

  • Job 10:22
    70%

    22A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness.

  • Gen 1:15
    70%

    15And let them be for lights in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.