1 John 1:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ 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 is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.

Psalm 27:1

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

Psalm 36:9

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you by night, but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Daniel 2:22

He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.

John 1:19

This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 1:4

in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

John 1:9

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

John 9:5

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread,

1 Timothy 6:16

It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

James 1:17

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

1 John 3:11

For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.