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John 1:9
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The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
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He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
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The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
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He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
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1:9 Isa. 49:6; 1 John 2:8
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025