John 1:5

New American Standard Bible 2020

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, you naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking? And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

Matthew 5:15

nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

John 1:10

He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.’

Romans 1:28

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper,

1 Corinthians 2:14

But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.