John 9:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.””
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BSBPD
“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“when I am in the world, I am a light of the world.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 9:5 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 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.”
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- 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 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
- John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- 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 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.
- Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in 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.”
- Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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