Cross references

John 1:9

The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

John 1:9 BSB

John 1:9 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 12:46 (41 votes) and John 1:4 (26 votes). 46 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does John 1:9 point to?

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

  1. John 12:4641 votes

    I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

  2. John 1:426 votes

    In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

  3. 1 John 2:824 votes

    Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

  4. Isaiah 49:623 votes

    He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

  5. John 1:718 votes

    He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

  6. But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. …

  7. 1 John 5:2013 votes

    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  8. John 14:611 votes

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

  9. John 6:3210 votes

    Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

  10. To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

  11. 1 John 1:87 votes
  12. John 7:124 votes
  13. John 15:14 votes

Which verses point to John 1:9?

The 10 strongest of 46.