John 1:5

The Text-Critical English New Testament

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Cross References

Matthew 5:15

nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it shines for all who are in the house.

John 1:10

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, but the world did not know him.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an allotment among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.’

Romans 1:28

And just as they considered it worthless to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a worthless mind, to do what is not proper.

1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept what comes from the Spirit of God, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it because it is spiritually discerned.