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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>John 1:4 Catholic Bible: The Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to people. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/john/1-4.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/john/1-4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/john/1-4.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/1.htm">John</a> > <a href="/gntd/john/1.htm">Chapter 1</a> > Verse 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/1-3.htm" title="John 1:3">◄</a> John 1:4 <a href="../john/1-5.htm" title="John 1:5">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/john/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/john/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to people. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/john/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/john/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />received its life from him, and his life gave light to everyone. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/john/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/john/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In him was life: and the life was the light of men.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">In him was life: and the life was the light of men.</p><p class="hdg">him.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/5-21.htm">John 5:21,26</a> For as the Father raiseth up the dead and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/11-25.htm">John 11:25</a> Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a> Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_corinthians/15-45.htm">1 Corinthians 15:45</a> The first man Adam was made into a living soul; the last Adam into a quickening spirit.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../colossians/3-4.htm">Colossians 3:4</a> When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with him in glory.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_john/1-2.htm">1 John 1:2</a> For the life was manifested: and we have seen and do bear witness and declare unto you the life eternal, which was with the Father and hath appeared to us.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_john/5-11.htm">1 John 5:11</a> And this is the testimony that God hath given to us eternal life. And this life is in his Son.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1</a> And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.</p><p class="hdg">the life.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/1-8.htm">John 1:8,9</a> He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a> Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/9-5.htm">John 9:5</a> As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/12-35.htm">John 12:35,46</a> Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while, the light is among you. Walk whilst you have the light, and the darkness overtake you not. And he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither be goeth. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/84-11.htm">Psalm 84:11</a> For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/35-4.htm">Isaiah 35:4,5</a> Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6,7,16</a> I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/49-6.htm">Psalm 49:6</a> They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/60-1.htm">Psalm 60:1-3</a> Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, [2] When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men. [3] O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../malachi/4-2.htm">Malachi 4:2</a> But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/4-16.htm">Matthew 4:16</a> The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/1-78.htm">Luke 1:78,79</a> Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/2-32.htm">Luke 2:32</a> A light to the revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/26-23.htm">Acts 26:23</a> That Christ should suffer and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead and should shew light to the people and to the Gentiles.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ephesians/5-14.htm">Ephesians 5:14</a> Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_john/1-5.htm">1 John 1:5-7</a> And this is the declaration which we have heard from him and declare unto you: That God is light and in him there is no darkness. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/22-16.htm">Revelation 22:16</a> I, Jesus, have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/john/1.htm">The Beginning</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl">In him was life: and the life was the light of men.</span> <span class="reftext">5</span>And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness did not comprehend it.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/3-19.htm">John 3:19</a></span><br />And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/5-26.htm">John 5:26</a></span><br />For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a></span><br />Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/9-5.htm">John 9:5</a></span><br />As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/11-25.htm">John 11:25</a></span><br />Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/12-46.htm">John 12:46</a></span><br />I am come, a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in me may not remain in darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a></span><br />Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_john/1-1.htm">1 John 1:1</a></span><br />That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and our hands have handled, of the word of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_john/1-2.htm">1 John 1:2</a></span><br />For the life was manifested: and we have seen and do bear witness and declare unto you the life eternal, which was with the Father and hath appeared to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_john/5-11.htm">1 John 5:11</a></span><br />And this is the testimony that God hath given to us eternal life. 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