Isa 42:6-7, 49:6, 9, 60:1, 3, 19-20, Joh 1:4-5, 9, 8:12, 12:46, 1Cor 1:30 | ESV | STEP | I am the Lord ; I have called you in righteousness ; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people , a light for the nations ,

Isaiah 42:6-7

6 “I am the Lord; ^aI have called you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse} in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you ^cas a covenant for the people,
^da light for the nations,
7 ^eto open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
^ffrom the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 49:6

6 he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
^gI will make you ^has a light for the nations,
that ⁱmy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:9

9 ^jsaying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
^kThey shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

Isaiah 60:1

The Future Glory of Israel

1 ^lArise, shine, for your light has come,
and ^mthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Isaiah 60:3

3 ⁿAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Isaiah 60:19-20

19 ^oThe sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light; ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night}
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory. ^{▼▼Or your beauty}
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and ^ryour days of mourning shall be ended.

John 1:4-5

4 ^sIn him was life, ^{▼▼Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him} and ^uthe life was the light of men. 5 ^vThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John 1:9

9 ^wThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

John 8:12

I Am the Light of the World

12 ^xAgain Jesus spoke to them, saying, ^y“I am the light of the world. Whoever ^zfollows me will not ^aawalk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 12:46

46 ^abI have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

1 Corinthians 1:30

30 And because of him ^{▼▼Greek And from him} you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us ^adwisdom from God, ^aerighteousness and ^afsanctification and ^agredemption,