John 1:9
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9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.[a](A)
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- 1.9 Or He was the true light that enlightens everyone coming into the world
John 12:46
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46 I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.(A)
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1 John 2:8
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8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because[a] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.(A)
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John 1:4
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4 in him was life,[a] and the life was the light of all people.(A)
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. . . through him. And without him not one thing came into being that has come into being. In him was life
John 1:7
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7 He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.
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Isaiah 49:6
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6 he says,
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to restore the survivors of Israel;
I will give you as a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:4-7
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4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief;(A) 5 for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. 6 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(B) 7 for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(C)
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1 John 5:20
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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true;[a] and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(A)
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- 5.20 Other ancient authorities read know the true God
John 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.(A)
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John 6:32
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32 Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
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1 John 1:8
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8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Isaiah 8:20
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20 for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!(A)
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John 15:1
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John 7:12
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12 And there was considerable complaining about him among the crowds. While some were saying, “He is a good man,” others were saying, “No, he is deceiving the crowd.”(A)
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Matthew 6:23
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23 but if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If, then, the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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