John 1:9

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

Isaiah 49:6

He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 8:20

Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

Matthew 6:23

But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!

Luke 11:36

If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.”

John 1:4

The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.

John 1:7

to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

John 12:46

I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.

John 14:6

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

John 15:1

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.

John 6:32

Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven.

John 7:12

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but others said, “He’s nothing but a fraud who deceives the people.”

1 John 1:8

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

1 John 2:8

Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.