John 1:4

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John 1:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

2 He was with God in the beginning.

3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

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John 5:21

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

1 Corinthians 15:45

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

1 John 1:2

And 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.

1 John 5:11

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

John 1:8

He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

John 1:9

The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.

John 8:12

Once 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 9:5

While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 12:35

Then 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 12:46

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

Psalms 84:11

For 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 35:4

Say 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 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

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 42:7

to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.

Isaiah 42:16

I 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.

Psalms 49:6

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Psalms 60:1

You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

Psalms 60:2

You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

Psalms 60:3

You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

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 4:16

the 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 1:78

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Ephesians 5:14

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

1 John 1:5

And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:6

If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”