John 1:9

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 49:6

Here is what the Lord says to me. “It is not enough for you as my servant to bring the tribes of Jacob back to their land. It is not enough for you to bring back the people of Israel I have kept alive. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles. Then you will make it possible for the whole world to be saved.”

Isaiah 8:20

Follow what the Lord taught you and said to you through me. People who don’t speak in keeping with these words will have no hope in the morning.

Matthew 6:23

But suppose your eyes can’t see well. Then your whole body will be full of darkness. If the light inside you is darkness, then it is very dark!

Luke 11:36

Suppose your whole body is full of light. And suppose no part of it is dark. Then your body will be full of light. It will be just as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

John 1:4

Life was in him, and that life was the light for all people.

John 1:7

He came to be a witness about that light. He was a witness so that all people might believe.

John 12:46

I have come into the world to be its light. So no one who believes in me will stay in darkness.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “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. My Father is the gardener.

John 6:32

Jesus said to them, “What I’m about to tell you is true. It is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven. It is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

John 7:12

Many people in the crowd were whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No. He fools the people.”

1 John 1:8

Suppose we claim we are without sin. Then we are fooling ourselves. The truth is not in us.

1 John 2:8

But I am writing what amounts to a new command. Its truth was shown in how Jesus lived. It is also shown in how you live. That’s because 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. He has given us understanding. So we can know the God who is true. And we belong to the true God by belonging to his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.