John 8:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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  • John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
  • John 9:5 : 5 When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • Matt 5:14 : 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
  • John 3:19 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
  • John 1:4-9 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not. 6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light. 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
  • Ps 18:28 : 28 For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us, 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • Acts 13:47 : 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.
  • Acts 26:23 : 23 how that the Christ must suffer, [and] how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
  • Matt 4:14-16 : 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, Toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.
  • Isa 42:6-7 : 6 I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thy hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
  • Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
  • 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.
  • Rev 21:24 : 24 And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.
  • 2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
  • Ps 49:19 : 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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    4We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

    5When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • John 12:45-47
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    45And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me.

    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.

    47And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

    36While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.

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  • John 8:13-14
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    13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

    14Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

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    8He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light.

    9There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.

  • John 5:35
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    21He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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    35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

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    23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.

    25They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.

    26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

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    4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

    5And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.

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    19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

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    48I am the bread of life.

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    8Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.

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    2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

  • John 3:21
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  • Eph 5:8
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    8For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

  • Luke 11:33
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  • Matt 4:16
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    16the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.

  • John 9:39
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    39And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

  • John 14:19
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    19Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.

  • John 1:37
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    37And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

  • Luke 8:16
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    16And no man, when he hath lighted a lamp, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but putteth it on a stand, that they that enter in may see the light.

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    51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.