Font Size
Ephesians 5:8
King James Version
Ephesians 5:8
King James Version
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Read full chapter
Ephesians 5:8
New International Version
Ephesians 5:8
New International Version
John 8:12
King James Version
John 8:12
King James Version
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Read full chapter
John 8:12
New International Version
John 8:12
New International Version
Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am(A) the light of the world.(B) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”(C)
1 John 1:7
King James Version
1 John 1:7
King James Version
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Read full chapter
1 John 1:7
New International Version
1 John 1:7
New International Version
7 But if we walk in the light,(A) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.(B)
Footnotes
- 1 John 1:7 Or every
Acts 26:18
King James Version
Acts 26:18
King James Version
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Read full chapter
Acts 26:18
New International Version
Acts 26:18
New International Version
18 to open their eyes(A) and turn them from darkness to light,(B) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(C) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(D)
Colossians 1:13
King James Version
Colossians 1:13
King James Version
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Read full chapter
Colossians 1:13
New International Version
Colossians 1:13
New International Version
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(A) and brought us into the kingdom(B) of the Son he loves,(C)
1 Peter 2:9-11
King James Version
1 Peter 2:9-11
King James Version
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Read full chapter
1 Peter 2:9-11
New International Version
1 Peter 2:9-11
New International Version
9 But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(G) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(H) to abstain from sinful desires,(I) which wage war against your soul.(J)
John 12:46
King James Version
John 12:46
King James Version
46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Read full chapter
John 12:46
New International Version
John 12:46
New International Version
46 I have come into the world as a light,(A) so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
Ephesians 4:18
King James Version
Ephesians 4:18
King James Version
18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Read full chapter
Ephesians 4:18
New International Version
Ephesians 4:18
New International Version
18 They are darkened in their understanding(A) and separated from the life of God(B) because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.(C)
John 12:36
King James Version
John 12:36
King James Version
36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
Read full chapter
John 12:36
New International Version
John 12:36
New International Version
36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(A) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(B)
Isaiah 42:6-7
King James Version
Isaiah 42:6-7
King James Version
6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 42:6-7
New International Version
Isaiah 42:6-7
New International Version
6 “I, the Lord, have called(A) you in righteousness;(B)
I will take hold of your hand.(C)
I will keep(D) you and will make you
to be a covenant(E) for the people
and a light(F) for the Gentiles,(G)
7 to open eyes that are blind,(H)
to free(I) captives from prison(J)
and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(K)
Isaiah 9:2
King James Version
Isaiah 9:2
King James Version
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 9:2
New International Version
Isaiah 9:2
New International Version
Ephesians 2:2
King James Version
Ephesians 2:2
King James Version
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Read full chapter
Ephesians 2:2
New International Version
Ephesians 2:2
New International Version
2 in which you used to live(A) when you followed the ways of this world(B) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(C) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(D)
2 Corinthians 4:6
King James Version
2 Corinthians 4:6
King James Version
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Read full chapter
2 Corinthians 4:6
New International Version
2 Corinthians 4:6
New International Version
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.