John 1:5

New Century Version

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

“You fools, how long will you be foolish? How long will you make fun of wisdom and hate knowledge?

Matthew 5:15

And people don’t hide a light under a bowl. They put it on a lampstand so the light shines for all the people in the house.

John 1:10

The Word was in the world, and the world was made by him, but the world did not know him.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to the light, away from the power of Satan and to God. Then their sins can be forgiven, and they can have a place with those people who have been made holy 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 them to have their own worthless thinking and to do things they should not do.

1 Corinthians 2:14

A person who does not have the Spirit does not accept the truths that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks they are foolish and cannot understand them, because they can only be judged to be true by the Spirit.