Gospel of John · John 1:1–18
The Word Made Flesh
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John 1:1–2 · The Word with God, and the Word who is God
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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2He was with God in the beginning.
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John 1:3 · All things came into being through him
3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
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John 1:4–5 · Life and light, and the darkness that did not overcome it
4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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5The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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John 1:6–8 · A man sent from God, a witness to the light
6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
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7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
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8He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
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John 1:9–11 · The true light comes; the world and his own
9The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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10He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
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11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
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John 1:12–13 · The right to become children of God
12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
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13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
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John 1:14 · The Word became flesh and dwelt among us
14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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John 1:15 · He who comes after me ranks before me
15John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
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John 1:16–17 · Grace in place of grace; the law through Moses, grace and truth through Jesus Christ
16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
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17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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John 1:18 · The one and only, himself God, has made him known
18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
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