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D&C 6:21 · John 1:5

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 6:21
"I am the light which shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not."
New Testament John 1:5
"And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

Shared words: shineth in darkness, and the darkness

Divergences: the revelation makes the speaker the light ('I am the light which shineth'); the second verb's tense differs ('comprehendeth' / 'comprehended'). D&C 10:58 repeats the revelation's form exactly; D&C 45:7 carries a further variant, 'a light that shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not'.

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