1 John 1:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

Cross References

Psalm 139:12

Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

Psalm 27:1

Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Psalm 36:9

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

Psalm 84:11

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

Isaiah 2:5

O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.

Isaiah 60:19

The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.

Daniel 2:22

He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.

John 1:19

And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

John 1:4

What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 1:9

The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

John 8:12

Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark 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 it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,

1 Timothy 6:16

Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.

James 1:17

Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

1 John 3:11

Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

Revelation 21:23

And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.