20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

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

• Light and Darkness

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.
• 1Pet 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
• 1Tim 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
• 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
• Dan 7:18 — But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
• Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
• Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
• Hab 3:4 — And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
• Isa 10:17 — And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
• Isa 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Isa 30:26 — Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,
• Isa 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Isa 60:19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
• Isa 60:19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
• Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Luke 12:32 — Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Mic 4:8 — And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
• Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
• Prov 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Prov 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Prov 15:30 — The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
• Ps 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• Ps 27:1 — The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 36:9 — For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
• Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Ps 97:11 — Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
• Rev 2:26 — And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
• Rev 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Rev 5:10 — And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 11:15 — And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
• Rev 18:23 — And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth;
• Rev 18:23 — And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth;
• Rev 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worship
• Rev 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worship
• Rev 21:11 — Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
• Rev 21:22 — And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
• Rev 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
• Rev 21:25 — And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.