1 John 1:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way].

American Standard Version (1901)

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Common English Bible

This is the message that we have heard from him and announce to you: “God is light and there is no darkness in him at all.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And this is the announcement which we have heard from him, and which we announce to you: that God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And this is the declaration which we have heard from him, and declare unto you: That God is light, and in him there is no darkness.

1 John 1:5 Cross References

Psalm 139:12

Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Psalm 27:1

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 36:9

For with thee is the fountain of life: In thy light shall we see light.

Psalm 84:11

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: The LORD will give grace and glory: No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Daniel 2:22

he revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

John 1:19

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

John 1:4

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 1:9

There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

John 8:12

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 9:5

When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, how that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;

1 Timothy 6:16

who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power eternal. Amen.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:

Revelation 21:23

And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.