1 John 1:5 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁵ And this is the message which we have heard from Him and we announce to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ 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.

1 John 1:5 Cross References

John 1:19

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, "Who are you?"

John 1:4

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

John 1:9

That was the true Light which lightens every man coming into the world.

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He that follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

John 9:5

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

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered unto you: that the Lord Jesus, during the night in which He was betrayed, took bread;

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or is able to see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

1 John 3:11

Because this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

Revelation 21:23

The city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

And night shall not exist. and there[ shall ]not [be a ]need of a lamp and of light, because the Lord God shall illuminate them. And they shall reign forever and ever.