John 12:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.”
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“While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 12:36 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Matthew 21:17Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
- Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- John 1:7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- John 3:21But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
- John 8:59At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
- John 10:39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
- John 11:54As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
- Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
- 1 John 2:9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
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