John 1:4

John 1:4

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2 ^aHe was in the beginning with God.

3 ^aAll things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

4 ^aIn Him was life, and ^bthe life was the light of men.

5 And ^athe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not¹ comprehend it.

John’s Witness: The True Light

6 There was a ^aman sent from God, whose name was John.

7 This man came for a ^awitness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might ^bbelieve.

8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that ^aLight.

9 ^aThat¹ was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and ^athe world did not know Him.

11 ^aHe came to His¹ own, and His own did not receive Him.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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In Him was life—essentially and originally, as the previous verses show to be the meaning. Thus He is the Living Word, or, as He is called in I John 1:1-2, "the Word of Life."

the life . . . the light of men—All that in men which is true light—knowledge, integrity, intelligent, willing subjection to God, love to Him and to their fellow creatures, wisdom, purity, holy joy, rational happiness—all this "light of men" has its fountain in the essential original "life" of "the Word" (I John 1:5-7; Psalms 36:9).

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