John 1:4

New English Translation

In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

Malachi 4:2

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

Matthew 4:16

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

Luke 2:32

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

John 12:35

Jesus replied, “The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

John 12:46

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

John 14:6

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

John 3:19

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

John 5:21

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 9:5

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Acts 26:23

that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

1 Corinthians 15:45

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Ephesians 5:14

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

Colossians 3:4

When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.

1 John 1:1

This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life –

1 John 1:2

and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life – water as clear as crystal – pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 22:16

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!”