24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Light and Darkness
• Truth
• Wisdom

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 1:5 — This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
• 1John 1:6 — If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
• 1John 1:6 — If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
• 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• 1John 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.
• 1John 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.
• 1John 2:11 — But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
• 1Thess 5:5 — Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
• 2Chr 14:7 — Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sough
• 2Cor 3:14 — But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
• 2Cor 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• 3John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
• Eccl 11:8 — But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
• Eph 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• Eph 5:16 — Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
• Gal 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
• Isa 2:5 — O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Isa 2:5 — O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Isa 9:2 — The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
• Isa 42:6 — I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Jer 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
• Jer 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da
• Jer 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da
• Jer 23:12 — Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
• Job 24:13 — They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
• John 1:4 — In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• John 1:5 — And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
• John 7:33 — Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
• John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
• John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
• John 9:5 — As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• John 11:9 — Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
• John 11:10 — But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
• John 12:8 — For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
• John 12:36 — While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.