John 1:9

New English Translation

The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:6

he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Isaiah 8:20

Then you must recall the Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

Matthew 6:23

But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Luke 11:36

If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

John 1:4

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

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

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 15:1

“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

John 6:32

Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

John 7:12

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others, “He deceives the common people.”

1 John 1:8

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:8

On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.