⁴ In him was life,^(A) and that life was the light^(B) of all mankind.

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)

⁴⁶ I have come into the world as a light,^(A) so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(A) in himself.

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

⁵ 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. ⁶ If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,^(C) we lie and do not live out the truth.^{(D) 7} But if we walk in the light,^(E) 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.^(F)

⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”^(A)

¹⁴ This is why it is said: