This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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- KJV This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
- BSB And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- NKJV This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
- NASB This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- NLT This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
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- John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- Isa 60:19The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
- Ps 27:1By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- John 1:9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
- John 1:4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
- Rev 22:5There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
- Rev 21:23The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- John 12:35–36Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
- John 9:5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
- 1 Tim 6:16who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
- Ps 36:9For with you is the spring of life. In your light shall we see light.
- Ps 84:11For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- 1 Jn 3:11For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
- 1 Cor 11:23For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
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