he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
John 1:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There it was–the true Light [was then] coming into the world [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] that illumines every person. [Isa. 49:6.] American Standard Version (1901) There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world. Common English Bible The true light that shines on all people was coming into the world. Catholic Public Domain Version The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. |
he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!
but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If, then, the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
But if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”
He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.
I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Then Jesus said to them, “Very 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.
And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, “He is a good man,” others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd.”
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
And 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.