(A)Then God said, (B)“Let there be (C)light”; and there was light.

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And God said,(A) “Let there be light,” and there was light.(B)

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For it is the God (A)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (B)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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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)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3

I form the light and create darkness,
I make peace and (A)create calamity;
I, the Lord, do all these things.

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I form the light and create darkness,(A)
    I bring prosperity and create disaster;(B)
    I, the Lord, do all these things.

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And (A)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overcome

The light shines in the darkness,(A) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(B)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood

God the Glory of His People

19 “The (A)sun shall no longer be your light by day,
Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you;
But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light,
And (B)your God your glory.

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19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,(A)
    and your God will be your glory.(B)

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Fellowship with Him and One Another

(A)This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that (B)God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

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Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

This is the message we have heard(A) from him and declare to you: God is light;(B) in him there is no darkness at all.

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(A)By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And all the (B)host of them (C)by the breath of His mouth.

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By the word(A) of the Lord the heavens were made,(B)
    their starry host(C) by the breath of his mouth.

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Walk in Light

For you were once darkness, but now you are (A)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

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For you were once(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(B)

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Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For (A)He commanded and they were created.

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Let them praise the name(A) of the Lord,
    for at his command(B) they were created,

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(A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

The true light(A) that gives light to everyone(B) was coming into the world.

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11 (A)Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.

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11 Light shines[a](A) on the righteous(B)
    and joy on the upright in heart.(C)

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  1. Psalm 97:11 One Hebrew manuscript and ancient versions (see also 112:4); most Hebrew manuscripts Light is sown

For (A)He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.

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For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,(A) and it stood firm.

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19 And this is the condemnation, (A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B)

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