John 1:9

New International Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 49:6

he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 8:20

Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Matthew 6:23

But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Luke 11:36

Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

John 1:4

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

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.

John 12:46

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should 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, and my Father is the gardener.

John 6:32

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

John 7:12

Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”

1 John 1:8

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:8

Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

1 John 5:20

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.