Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life — Jesus makes another absolute I-am statement ('egō eimi to phōs tou kosmou'), the second of the great predicative 'I am' statements (after 6:35). Light and darkness are fundamental categories in John: light represents truth, life, and God; darkness represents falsehood, death, and the world's rejection of God. The claim is universal ('light of the world') and conditional on following ('he that followeth me'). The promised result is 'the light of life'—illumination that is life-giving, that leads to eternal life.

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