John 1:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

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  • John 3:19-20 : 19 Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 12:36-40 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them. 37 The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him, 38 so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said, 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths. 14 Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief. 15 And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking,‘No eye can see me,’ and covers his face with a mask. 16 In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light. 17 For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD, 30 they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
  • John 1:10 : 10 He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    1¶ The Prologue to the Gospel In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.

    2The Word was with God in the beginning.

    3All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

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

  • John 1:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

    6A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.

    7He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

    8He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

    9The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him.

    11He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

    6If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

    20For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

    21But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Jesus replied,“Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

    10But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

  • John 1:14
    75%

    14Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory– the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

  • Gen 1:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

    3God said,“Let there be light.” And there was light!

    4God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light“day” and the darkness“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

    12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

  • Matt 4:16
    74%

    16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

  • Isa 9:2
    74%

    2(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

  • John 5:35
    74%

    35He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

  • John 8:12
    74%

    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • 1 John 1:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1¶ The Prologue to the Letter This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched(concerning the word of life–

    2and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

  • Luke 1:79
    74%

    79to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    73%

    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

  • Luke 11:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

    36If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • John 12:46
    73%

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

  • 1 John 2:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

    9The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

  • John 1:18
    72%

    18No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

  • 1 Thess 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

    5For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

  • Eph 5:8
    71%

    8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

  • 1 John 2:11
    71%

    11But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • Eph 5:13
    70%

    13But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.

  • John 1:31
    70%

    31I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

  • Job 10:22
    70%

    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • Gen 1:15
    70%

    15and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.