John 1:9

New American Bible - revised edition

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:6

It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 8:20

for instruction and testimony?” Surely, those who speak like this are the ones for whom there is no dawn.

Matthew 6:23

but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be. God and Money.

Luke 11:36

If your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is in darkness, then it will be as full of light as a lamp illuminating you with its brightness.” Denunciation of the Pharisees and Scholars of the Law.

John 1:4

through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race;

John 1:7

He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.

John 12:46

I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 15:1

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.

John 6:32

So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

John 7:12

And there was considerable murmuring about him in the crowds. Some said, “He is a good man,” [while] others said, “No; on the contrary, he misleads the crowd.”

1 John 1:8

If we say, “We are without sin,” we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:8

And yet I do write a new commandment to you, which holds true in him and among you, for the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment to know the one who is true. And we are in the one who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.