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John 1:9
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
John 1:9 · Darby Bible
John 1:9 in other translations
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
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In context
6 There was a man sent from God, his name John.
7 He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
9 The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
10 He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came to his own, and his own received him not;
12 but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
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