John 1:1-18 ⓘ

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

1:3 All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

1:4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.

1:6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

1:7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

1:8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

1:9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognise him.

1:11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

1:12 But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

1:13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

1:14 The Word became flesh and lived amongst us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

1:15 John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”

1:16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

1:17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realised through Jesus Christ.

1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.