John 8:12
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I Am the Light of the World
12 (A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, (B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever (C)follows me will not (D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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John 12:46
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46 (A)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
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John 9:5
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5 As long as I am in the world, (A)I am the light of the world.”
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Matthew 5:14
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14 (A)“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
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Job 33:28
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28 He has redeemed my (A)soul from going down (B)into the pit,
and my life shall (C)look upon the light.’
2 Peter 2:4
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4 For if God did not spare (A)angels when they sinned, but (B)cast them into hell[a] and committed them to chains[b] of gloomy darkness (C)to be kept until the judgment;
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- 2 Peter 2:4 Greek Tartarus
- 2 Peter 2:4 Some manuscripts pits
John 1:4-9
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4 (A)In him was life,[a] and (B)the life was the light of men. 5 (C)The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man (D)sent from God, whose name was (E)John. 7 He came as a (F)witness, to bear witness about the light, (G)that all might believe through him. 8 (H)He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 (I)The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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- John 1:4 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him
John 3:19
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19 (A)And this is the judgment: (B)the light has come into the world, and (C)people loved the darkness rather than the light because (D)their works were evil.
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Isaiah 9:2
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2 [a] (A)The people (B)who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of (C)deep darkness,
on them has light shone.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew
Psalm 18:28
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28 For it is you who light my (A)lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
Luke 1:78-79
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78 because of the (A)tender mercy of our God,
whereby (B)the sunrise shall (C)visit us[a] (D)from on high
79 to (E)give light to (F)those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into (G)the way of (H)peace.”
Footnotes
- Luke 1:78 Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us
Isaiah 60:1-3
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The Future Glory of Israel
60 (A)Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and (B)the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 (C)And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
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 bring back the preserved of Israel;
(A)I will make you (B)as a light for the nations,
that (C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Matthew 4:14-16
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14 (A)so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 (B)“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 (C)the people dwelling in darkness
have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and (D)shadow of death,
on them a light has dawned.”
Isaiah 50:10
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10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys (A)the voice of his servant?
(B)Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
Isaiah 42:6-7
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6 “I am the Lord; (A)I have called you[a] in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you (B)as a covenant for the people,
(C)a light for the nations,
7 (D)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
(E)from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:6 The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse
Acts 13:47
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47 (A)For so the Lord has commanded us, saying,
(B)“‘I have made you (C)a light for the Gentiles,
that you may (D)bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Revelation 21:24
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24 By its light (A)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth (B)will bring their glory into it,
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Psalm 97:11
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Footnotes
- Psalm 97:11 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns
John 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am (A)the way, and (B)the truth, and (C)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Luke 2:32
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