1 John 1:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ And this is the message which we have heard from Him and announce to you, that Elohim is light and in Him 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.

1 John 1:5 Cross References

Psalm 139:12

Even darkness is not dark for You, But night shines as the day – As is darkness, so is light.

Psalm 27:1

יהוה  is my light and my deliverance; Whom should I fear? יהוה  is the refuge of my life; Whom should I dread?

Psalm 36:9

For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.

Psalm 84:11

For יהוה  Elohim is a sun and a shield; יהוה  gives favour and esteem; He withholds no good matter From those who walk blamelessly.

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Yaʽ

Isaiah 60:19

“No longer is the sun your light by day, nor does the moon give light to you for brightness, but יהוה  shall be to you an everlasting light, and your Elohim your comeliness.

Daniel 2:22

“He reveals deep and secret matters. He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.

John 1:19

Now this was the witness of Yoḥ

John 1:4

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

John 1:9

He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world.

John 8:12

Therefore יהושע  spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess 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 Master that which I also delivered to you: that the Master יהושע  in the night in which He was delivered up took bread,

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or is able to see, to whom be respect and everlasting might. Amĕ

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning.

1 John 3:11

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

Revelation 21:23

And the city had no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it, for the esteem of Elohim lightened it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

Revelation 22:5

And night shall be no more, and they shall have no need of a lamp or the light of the sun, because יהוה  Elohim shall give them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.