John 1:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

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 42:16

And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

Malachi 4:2

But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.

Matthew 4:16

The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.

Luke 2:32

A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

John 12:35

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

John 3:19

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

John 5:21

The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

John 5:26

And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

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.

Acts 26:23

That the Christ would go through pain, and being the first to come back from the dead, would give light to the people and to the Gentiles.

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

Ephesians 5:14

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

Colossians 3:4

At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

1 John 1:1

That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

1 John 1:2

And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us;

1 John 5:11

And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Revelation 22:1

And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 22:16

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.