Font Size
John 9:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
John 9:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(A)
Read full chapter
John 9:5
New International Version
John 9:5
New International Version
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(A)
John 8:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
John 8:12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jesus the Light of the World
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”(A)
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)
John 12:46
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
John 12:46
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
46 I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.(A)
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.
Acts 13:47
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Acts 13:47
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
‘I have set you to be a light for the gentiles,
so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”(A)
Acts 13:47
New International Version
Acts 13:47
New International Version
47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
Footnotes
- Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
- Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
- Acts 13:47 Isaiah 49:6
Ephesians 5:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ephesians 5:14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
Ephesians 5:14
New International Version
Ephesians 5:14
New International Version
14 This is why it is said:
Acts 26:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Acts 26:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(A)
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)
Revelation 21:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Revelation 21:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.(A)
Read full chapter
Revelation 21:23
New International Version
Revelation 21:23
New International Version
23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(A) gives it light,(B) and the Lamb(C) is its lamp.
John 1:4-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
John 1:4-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people.(A) 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[b](B)
Read full chapter
John 1:4-9
New International Version
John 1:4-9
New International Version
4 In him was life,(A) and that life was the light(B) of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness,(C) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(D)
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(E) 7 He came as a witness to testify(F) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(G) 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light(H) that gives light to everyone(I) was coming into the world.
Footnotes
- John 1:5 Or understood
Isaiah 42:6-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Isaiah 42:6-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness;
I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
I have given you as a covenant to the people,[a]
a light to the nations,(A)
7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.(B)
Footnotes
- 42.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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)
John 3:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
John 3:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.(A) 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(B) 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”[a](C)
Read full chapter
John 3:19-21
New International Version
John 3:19-21
New International Version
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) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(C) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
John 12:35-36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
John 12:35-36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
35 Jesus said to them, “The light is in you[a] for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.”
The Unbelief of the People
After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 12.35 Other ancient authorities read with you
John 12:35-36
New International Version
John 12:35-36
New International Version
35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light(A) just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light,(B) before darkness overtakes you.(C) Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(D) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(E)
Matthew 4:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Matthew 4:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death
light has dawned.”(A)
Matthew 4:16
New International Version
Matthew 4:16
New International Version
Acts 26:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Acts 26:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 that the Messiah[a] must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the gentiles.”(A)
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 26.23 Or the Christ
Acts 26:23
New International Version
Acts 26:23
New International Version
23 that the Messiah would suffer(A) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(B) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(C)
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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.