John 1:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Common English Bible

⁴ through the Word was life, and the life was the light for all people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Life was in Him, and Life was the light of men.

John 1:4 Cross References

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 12:46

I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,

John 9:5

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

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live,

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 12:35

Jesus said to them, “The light is in you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.

Ephesians 5:14

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Matthew 4:16

the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.”

Colossians 3:4

When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the gentiles.”

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.”

1 John 1:2

this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us—

John 5:21

Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

Revelation 22:16

“It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

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.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

1 Corinthians 15:45

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

Revelation 22:1

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

Psalm 49:6

those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

John 3:19

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

1 John 1:1

We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—