New American Standard Bible 1995

John 1:1-18

1 1In the beginning was 2the Word, and the Word was 3with God, and 4the Word was God. 2 5He was in the beginning with God. 3 6All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 7In Him was life, and the life was 8the Light of men. 5 9The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not 10comprehend it.

6There 11came a man sent from God, whose name was 12John. 7 13He came 14 15as a witness, to testify about the Light, 16so that all might believe through him. 8 17 18He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

9There was 19the true Light 20which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. 10He was in the world, and 21the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11He came to His 22own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become 23children of God, even 24to those who believe in His name, 13 25who were 26born, not of 27blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14And 28the Word 29became flesh, and 30 31dwelt among us, and 32we saw His glory, glory as of 33the only begotten from the Father, full of 34grace and 35truth. 15John 36testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘37He who comes after me 38has a higher rank than I, 39for He existed before me.’” 16For of His 40fullness 41we have all received, and 42grace upon grace. 17For 43the Law was given through Moses; 44grace and 45truth 46were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 47No one has seen God at any time; 48the only begotten God who is 49in the bosom of the Father, 50He has explained Him.

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Notes

1. John 1:1 Gen 1:1; Col 1:17; 1 John 1:1 ↩
2. John 1:1 John 1:14; Rev 19:13 ↩
3. John 1:1 John 17:5; 1 John 1:2 ↩
4. John 1:1 Phil 2:6 ↩
5. John 1:2 Lit This one ↩
6. John 1:3 John 1:10; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2 ↩
7. John 1:4 John 5:26; 11:25; 14:6 ↩
8. John 1:4 John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46 ↩
9. John 1:5 John 3:19 ↩
10. John 1:5 Or overpower ↩
11. John 1:6 Or came into being ↩
12. John 1:6 Matt 3:1 ↩
13. John 1:7 Lit This one ↩
14. John 1:7 Lit for testimony ↩
15. John 1:7 John 1:15, 19, 32; 3:26; 5:33 ↩
16. John 1:7 John 1:12; Acts 19:4; Gal 3:26 ↩
17. John 1:8 Lit That one ↩
18. John 1:8 John 1:20 ↩
19. John 1:9 1 John 2:8 ↩
20. John 1:9 Or which enlightens every person coming into the world ↩
21. John 1:10 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2 ↩
22. John 1:11 Or own things, possessions, domain ↩
23. John 1:12 John 11:52; Gal 3:26 ↩
24. John 1:12 John 1:7; 3:18; 1 John 3:23; 5:13 ↩
25. John 1:13 John 3:5f; James 1:18; 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 2:29; 3:9 ↩
26. John 1:13 Or begotten ↩
27. John 1:13 Lit bloods ↩
28. John 1:14 Rev 19:13 ↩
29. John 1:14 Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4; Phil 2:7f; 1 Tim 3:16; Heb 2:14; 1 John 1:1f; 4:2; 2 John 7 ↩
30. John 1:14 Or tabernacled; i.e. lived temporarily ↩
31. John 1:14 Rev 21:3 ↩
32. John 1:14 Luke 9:32; John 2:11; 17:22, 24; 2 Pet 1:16f; 1 John 1:1 ↩
33. John 1:14 Or unique, only one of His kind ↩
34. John 1:14 John 1:17; Rom 5:21; 6:14 ↩
35. John 1:14 John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37 ↩
36. John 1:15 John 1:7 ↩
37. John 1:15 Matt 3:11; John 1:27, 30 ↩
38. John 1:15 Lit has become before me ↩
39. John 1:15 John 1:30 ↩
40. John 1:16 Eph 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col 1:19; 2:9 ↩
41. John 1:16 Lit we all received ↩
42. John 1:16 Lit grace for grace ↩
43. John 1:17 John 7:19 ↩
44. John 1:17 John 1:14; Rom 5:21; 6:14 ↩
45. John 1:17 John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37 ↩
46. John 1:17 Lit came to be ↩
47. John 1:18 Ex 33:20; John 6:46; Col 1:15; 1 Tim 6:16; 1 John 4:12 ↩
48. John 1:18 John 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9 ↩
49. John 1:18 Luke 16:22; John 13:23 ↩
50. John 1:18 John 3:11 ↩

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