John 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.”
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“The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 1:9 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
- Matthew 6:23But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
- John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- John 1:7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- John 6:32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
- John 7:12Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
- 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.
- John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:4But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 2:8Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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