John 1:4

4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. ^[a]

John 1:4 In-Context

2 *He* was in the beginning with God.

3 All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.

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

5 And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

6 There was a man sent from God, his name John.

Footnotes

• [a] This latter is a reciprocal proposition, i.e. it can also he read 'the light of men was the life.'