John 1:9 · KJV
“{That} was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.”
— John 1:9
He was not that Light, but {was sent} to bear witness of that Light.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
John 1 — Context
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.
8He was not that Light, but {was sent} to bear witness of that Light.
9{That} was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Cross References
John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John 1:4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
1 John 2:8
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.
Isaiah 49:6
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}
1 Thessalonians 5:4-7
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, {even} in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.