John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Treated in 7 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Exordium cites John i. 5
…“The light (saith Christ) shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not.” (John i. 5.) Who could believe this? Who hath heard the like — that the light should shine in…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the First cites John i. 5
…will of Majesty, should not receive Him thus desiring, speaking, doing, and offering: as John i. 5, saith, “The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” And again…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the Third cites John i. 5
…He speaks thus, “The light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” (John i. 5). And directly afterwards, “He was in the world, and the world knew Him not; He came unto…
- The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton ·
From Kensington to Beaconsfield cites JOHN 1:5
…buried with him. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. JOHN 1:5 What kind of man. Those who knew him describe a man of enormous laughter and almost no…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites John 1:5
…and partly corrupted, a shapeless ruin is all that remains. In this sense it is said (John 1:5), that “the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not;” these words…
- Our Daily Walk ·
August cites Joh 1:1-9
…and one that feared God, and eschewed evil....Satan said, Doth Job fear God for nought?”— Joh 1:1-9. THIS MARVELLOUS poem, one of the profoundest studies in the Bible, deals with the great…
- C. S. Lewis (For Teens) ·
Myth Became Fact cites John 1:1-14
…undramatic, that's fine. Lewis's arrived in a sidecar. One thing to do this week: read John 1:1-14. Then write one sentence about what difference it makes to you that the story of Jesus…