1 John 1:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

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  • John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 By David. Jehovah `is' my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah `is' the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom `is' honour and might age-during! Amen.
  • John 1:4 : 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men,
  • John 1:9 : 9 He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;
  • John 9:5 : 5 when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth; 36 while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,
  • Ps 36:9 : 9 For with Thee `is' a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 and the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they may shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp of it `is' the Lamb;
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
  • 1 John 3:11 : 11 because this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For a sun and a shield `is' Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

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  • 1 John 1:6-10
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    6if we may say -- `we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;

    7and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

    8if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

    9if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

    10if we may say -- `we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

  • John 1:4-5
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    4In him was life, and the life was the light of men,

    5and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

  • 1 John 1:1-4
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    1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life --

    2and the Life was manifested, and we have seen, and do testify, and declare to you the Life, the age-during, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us --

    3that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship `is' with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;

    4and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

  • 1 John 2:8-11
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    8again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine;

    9he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

    10he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;

    11and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

  • John 1:8-9
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    8that one was not the Light, but -- that he might testify about the Light.

    9He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

  • Eph 5:8
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    8for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

  • 1 John 3:5-6
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    5and ye have known that he was manifested that our sins he may take away, and sin is not in him;

    6every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.

  • John 3:19-21
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    19`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

    20for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

    21but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
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    19we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

    20and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ; this one is the true God and the life age-during!

  • Gen 1:3-5
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    3and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

    4And God seeth the light that `it is' good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness,

    5and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35take heed, then, lest the light that `is' in thee be darkness;

    36if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

  • Eph 5:13
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    13and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

  • Col 1:13
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    13who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate `us' into the reign of the Son of His love,

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16and we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

    17In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we -- we also are in this world;

  • 1 John 4:12
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    12God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloved, be not thou following that which is evil, but that which is good; he who is doing good, of God he is, and he who is doing evil hath not seen God;

  • John 1:18
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    18God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father -- he did declare.

  • 2 John 1:6
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    6and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

  • 2 Pet 1:19
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    19And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise -- in your hearts;

  • Eph 5:11
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    11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

  • 1 John 5:11
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    11and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this -- the life -- is in His Son;

  • John 8:12
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    12Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

  • Ps 139:12
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    12Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as `is' darkness so `is' light.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6we -- of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.