"Of these things put them in rememberance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers." (2 Timothy 2:14)

". . .in him is no darkness at all." (1 John 1:5)

". . .that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." (1 John 5:13)

"God is light." (1 John 1:5)

The biblical text is rich with metaphors and similes, one of which often appears in John's writings. God is said to be "light"—the most constant, clearly observable, and all-pervasive experience in our universe.

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world." (1 John 2:15)