Joh 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. {He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life}
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. {candle: or, lamp}
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. {shine...: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh}
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast {them} down to hell, and delivered {them} into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, {tender...: or, bowels of the mercy} {dayspring: or, sunrising, or, branch}
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
For so hath the Lord commanded us, {saying}, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
And he said, It is a light 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. {It is...: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc} {preserved: or, desolations}
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
That Christ should suffer, {and} that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or {whether} I speak of myself.
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Then shall we know, {if} we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter {and} former rain unto the earth.
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. {first estate: or, principality}
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. {He...: Heb. The soul shall}
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
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.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. {shine...: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh}
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
[{A Psalm} of David.] The LORD {is} my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD {is} the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
For with thee {is} the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
For the LORD God {is} a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good {thing} will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD {shall be} a light unto me.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. {he: or, it}
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
To open their eyes, {and} to turn {them} from darkness to light, and {from} the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
To give light to them that sit in darkness and {in} the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
For thou {art} my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
God {is} the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, {even} unto the horns of the altar.
When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp}
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. {to cause: Heb. to cause to ascend}
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which {vail} is done away in Christ.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, {being} the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. {redeemed: Gr. bought}
Where {is} the way {where} light dwelleth? and {as for} darkness, where {is} the place thereof,
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what {is} in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even {the same} that I said unto you from the beginning.
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set {them} in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: {wilt} not {thou deliver} my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
And they which heard {it}, being convicted by {their own} conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, {even} unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. {shall light: or, shall cause to ascend} {it: Heb. the face of it}
I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that {are} in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures {shall be} in all high places.
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: {lamp: or, candle}
And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.