John 9:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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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 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.
  • John 1:4-9 : 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 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.
  • John 3:19-21 : 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. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.
  • John 12:35-36 : 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. 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.
  • 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.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • 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.
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
  • 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.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you 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 illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:12-14
    3 verses
    83%

    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.

    13The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear witness of yourself; your witness is not true.

    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

  • John 9:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be revealed in him.

    4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.

  • John 12:45-47
    3 verses
    79%

    45And he who sees me sees him who sent me.

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

    47And if anyone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    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 9:6
    76%

    6When he had spoken thus, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spit, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

  • John 1:8-9
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    76%

    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.

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    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 9:39
    74%

    39And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind.

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

  • John 8:23
    73%

    23And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 9:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

    15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and do see.

  • John 9:9-12
    4 verses
    71%

    9Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.

    10Therefore they said to him, How were your eyes opened?

    11He answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.

    12Then they said to him, Where is he? He said, I do not know.

  • John 9:25
    71%

    25He answered and said, Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

  • Luke 11:33-36
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    71%

    33No one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.

    34The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is full of light; but when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

    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 9:1
    70%

    1As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from birth.

  • John 8:28
    70%

    28Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

  • John 8:26
    70%

    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

  • John 14:19
    69%

    19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you will live also.

  • John 9:30
    69%

    30The man answered and said to them, Well, here is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where he is from, yet he has opened my eyes.

  • John 6:48
    69%

    48I am that bread of life.

  • John 1:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

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

    5And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

  • John 16:28
    69%

    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • Matt 6:22
    68%

    22The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

  • John 17:18
    68%

    18As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

  • John 9:32
    68%

    32Since the world began it has never been heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.

  • John 9:41
    68%

    41Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.

  • John 14:10
    68%

    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own: but the Father who dwells in me does the works.

  • John 3:21
    68%

    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 4:26
    68%

    26Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am he.