John 1:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

Common English Bible

⁹ The true light that shines on all people was coming into the world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ The true Light, which illuminates every man, was coming into this world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.

John 1:9 Cross References

Isaiah 49:6

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 preserved of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 8:20

To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.

Matthew 6:23

but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Luke 11:36

If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”

John 1:4

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

John 1:7

He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him.

John 12:46

I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.

John 15:1

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

John 6:32

Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

John 7:12

And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.”

1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:8

Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.