💫WEB · John 1:5
What does John 1:5 mean?
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it."
— John 1:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
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