John 1:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome{The word translated "overcome" (katelaben) can also be translated "comprehended." It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.} it.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 3:19-20 : 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. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 12:36-40 : 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them. 37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe in him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again, 40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, Lest they should see with their eyes, And perceive with their heart, And would turn, And I would heal them."
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • Job 24:13-17 : 13 "These are of those who rebel against the light; They don't know the ways of it, Nor abide in the paths of it. 14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light. 17 For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh. 30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
  • John 1:10 : 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • John 1:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2 The same was in the beginning with God.

    3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

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

  • John 1:6-11
    6 verses
    83%

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

    7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

    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.

    10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

    11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • John 3:19-21
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

    20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

    21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

    10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

  • John 1:14
    75%

    14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

  • Gen 1:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

    3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

    4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

    5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; The light around me will be night;"

    12 Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

  • Matt 4:16
    74%

    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 9:2
    74%

    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 has the light shined.

  • John 5:35
    74%

    35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

  • John 8:12
    74%

    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."

  • 1 John 1:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    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

    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);

    3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

  • Luke 1:79
    74%

    79 To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace."

  • 2 Cor 4:6
    73%

    6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who 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
    2 verses
    73%

    35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

    36 If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."

  • John 12:46
    73%

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

  • 1 John 2:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

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

  • John 1:18
    72%

    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.

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

    4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

    5 You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,

  • Eph 5:8
    71%

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

  • 1 John 2:11
    71%

    11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • Eph 5:13
    70%

    13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that is revealed is light.

  • John 1:31
    70%

    31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

  • Job 10:22
    70%

    22 The land dark as midnight, Of the shadow of death, without any order, Where the light is as midnight.'"

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12 They change the night into day, Saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.

  • Gen 1:15
    70%

    15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.

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