John 1:4

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will 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 will still live, even if he dies.
  • John 5:26 : 26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the 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 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell 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.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
  • 1 John 5:11 : 11 The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Col 3:4 : 4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
  • John 1:8-9 : 8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light. 9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us, 79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 "I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations; 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • 1 John 1:2 : 2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
  • John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
  • Isa 35:4-5 : 4 Tell those who have a fearful heart, "Be strong. Don't be afraid. Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God's retribution. He will come and save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
  • Ps 60:1-3 : 1 God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. 2 You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. 3 You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.

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    1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

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    15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

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  • 2 Cor 4:6
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  • John 1:18
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    18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

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    19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

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    5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

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

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    2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.