NEW TESTAMENT

John 1:9

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The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

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Verse 8–9. He; that is John, was not the true light: but the word was the true light. In the translation, it is necessary to express that the word was the true light, lest any one should think that John the Baptist was this light. Witham.

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