John 1:5

Easy To Read Version

The Light shines in the darkness. The darkness has not defeated {\cf2\super [2]} the Light.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

“You are foolish people. How long will you continue doing foolish things? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you continue to hate knowledge?

Matthew 5:15

And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. No. People put the light on a lamp table. Then the light shines for all the people in the house.

John 1:10

The Word {\cf2\super [4]} was already in the world. The world was made through him. But the world (people) did not know him.

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person that is not spiritual does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks that those things are foolish. That person cannot understand the things of the Spirit, because those things can only be judged spiritually.