John 1:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.”
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“In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“In him was life, and the life was the light of men,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 1:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
- Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Isaiah 35:4Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Isaiah 42:6“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
- Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
- Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
- John 1:8He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
- John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
- John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 9:5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
- John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Acts 26:23that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
- Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- Colossians 3:4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
- 1 John 1:2And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
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