New American Standard Bible 2020

John 1:4-9

4 1In Him was life, and the life was 2the Light of mankind. 5And 3the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not 4grasp it.

6A man 5came, one sent from God, and his name was 6John. 7 7He came 8 9as a witness, to testify about the Light, 10so that all might believe through him. 8 11 12He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

9 13This was 14the true Light 15that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

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Notes

1. John 1:4 John 5:26; 11:25; 14:6 ↩
2. John 1:4 John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46 ↩
3. John 1:5 John 3:19 ↩
4. John 1:5 Or overpower ↩
5. John 1:6 Or came into being ↩
6. John 1:6 Matt 3:1 ↩
7. John 1:7 Lit This One ↩
8. John 1:7 Lit for testimony ↩
9. John 1:7 John 1:15, 19, 32; 3:26; 5:33 ↩
10. John 1:7 John 1:12; Acts 19:4; Gal 3:26 ↩
11. John 1:8 Lit That one; i.e., John ↩
12. John 1:8 John 1:20 ↩
13. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ ↩
14. John 1:9 1 John 2:8 ↩
15. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world ↩

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