Cross references

John 1:5

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:5 BSB
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John 1:5 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 3:19–20 (69 votes) and John 12:36–40 (49 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 1 to 1 John 2.

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Which verses does John 1:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

  2. While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them. Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. …

  3. The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  4. Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. …

  5. John 1:1030 votes

    He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

  6. Romans 1:2826 votes

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

  7. “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

  8. For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.

Which verses point to John 1:5?

The 10 strongest of 18.