John 1:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not defeated it.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:14

People who do not have God’s Spirit do not accept the things that come from his Spirit. They think these things are foolish. They cannot understand them, because they can only be understood with the Spirit’s help.

John 1:10

The Word was already in the world. The world was made through him, but the world did not know him.

Romans 1:28

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

Proverbs 1:22

“Fools, how long will you love being ignorant? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you hate knowledge?

Matthew 5:15

People don’t hide a lamp under a bowl. They put it on a lampstand. Then the light shines for everyone in the house.

Acts 26:18

You will make them able to understand the truth. They will turn away from darkness to the light. They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can be given a place among God’s people—those who have been made holy by believing in me.’”