New American Standard Bible 2020

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 7not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4 8In Him was life, and the life was 9the Light of mankind. 5And 10the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not 11grasp it.

6A man 12came, one sent from God, and his name was 13John. 7 14He came 15 16as a witness, to testify about the Light, 17so that all might believe through him. 8 18 19He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

9 20This was 21the true Light 22that, coming into the world, enlightens every person. 10He was in the world, and 23the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not 24know Him. 11He came to His 25own, and His own people did not 26accept Him. 12But 27as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become 28children of God, 29to those who 30believe in His name, 13 31who were 32born, not of 33blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God.

14And 34the Word 35became flesh, and 36dwelt among us; and 37we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of 38grace and 39truth. 15John 40testified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘41He who is coming after me has proved to be 42my superior, 43because He existed before me.’” 16For of His 44fullness 45we have all received, and 46grace upon grace. 17For 47the Law was given through Moses; 48grace and 49truth 50were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 51No one has seen God at any time; 52God the only Son, who is 53in the 54arms of the Father, 55He has 56explained 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 1:3 One early ms nothing came into ↩
8. John 1:4 John 5:26; 11:25; 14:6 ↩
9. John 1:4 John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46 ↩
10. John 1:5 John 3:19 ↩
11. John 1:5 Or overpower ↩
12. John 1:6 Or came into being ↩
13. John 1:6 Matt 3:1 ↩
14. John 1:7 Lit This One ↩
15. John 1:7 Lit for testimony ↩
16. John 1:7 John 1:15, 19, 32; 3:26; 5:33 ↩
17. John 1:7 John 1:12; Acts 19:4; Gal 3:26 ↩
18. John 1:8 Lit That one; i.e., John ↩
19. John 1:8 John 1:20 ↩
20. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ ↩
21. John 1:9 1 John 2:8 ↩
22. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world ↩
23. John 1:10 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2 ↩
24. John 1:10 Or acknowledge ↩
25. John 1:11 Or own things, possessions, domain ↩
26. John 1:11 Or receive ↩
27. John 1:12 Or all who received ↩
28. John 1:12 John 11:52; Gal 3:26 ↩
29. John 1:12 John 1:7; 3:18; 1 John 3:23; 5:13 ↩
30. John 1:12 Or trust in ↩
31. John 1:13 John 3:5f; James 1:18; 1 Pet 1:23; 1 John 2:29; 3:9 ↩
32. John 1:13 Or fathered ↩
33. John 1:13 Lit bloods ↩
34. John 1:14 Rev 19:13 ↩
35. 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 ↩
36. John 1:14 Rev 21:3 ↩
37. John 1:14 Luke 9:32; John 2:11; 17:22, 24; 2 Pet 1:16f; 1 John 1:1 ↩
38. John 1:14 John 1:17; Rom 5:21; 6:14 ↩
39. John 1:14 John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37 ↩
40. John 1:15 John 1:7 ↩
41. John 1:15 Matt 3:11; John 1:27, 30 ↩
42. John 1:15 Lit before me ↩
43. John 1:15 John 1:30 ↩
44. John 1:16 Eph 1:23; 3:19; 4:13; Col 1:19; 2:9 ↩
45. John 1:16 Lit we all received ↩
46. John 1:16 Lit grace for grace ↩
47. John 1:17 John 7:19 ↩
48. John 1:17 John 1:14; Rom 5:21; 6:14 ↩
49. John 1:17 John 8:32; 14:6; 18:37 ↩
50. John 1:17 Lit came to be ↩
51. John 1:18 Ex 33:20; John 6:46; Col 1:15; 1 Tim 6:16; 1 John 4:12 ↩
52. John 1:18 John 3:16, 18; 1 John 4:9 ↩
53. John 1:18 Luke 16:22; John 13:23 ↩
54. John 1:18 Lit chest; or possibly lap ↩
55. John 1:18 John 3:11 ↩
56. John 1:18 I.e., given a detailed account of ↩

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