New International Version
John 1:3
3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
John 1:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- English Standard Version (ESV)All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
Context of John 1:3
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἓν ὃ γέγονεν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 1:3
- John 1:10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
- John 5:17In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
- Psalms 102:25In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
- Isaiah 45:12It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.
- Ephesians 3:9and to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
- Colossians 1:16For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
- Hebrews 1:2but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
- Hebrews 3:3Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
- Revelation 4:11“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
Commentaries on John 1:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3All things were made by him - That is, by this Logos. In Genesis 1:1, God is said to have created all things: in this verse, Christ is said to have created all things: the same unerring Spirit spoke in Moses and in the evangelists: therefore Christ and the Father are One. To say that Christ made all things by a delegated power from God is absurd; because the thing is impossible. Creation means causing that to exist that had no previous being: this is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3All things - The universe. The expression cannot be limited to any part of the universe. It appropriately expresses everything which exists - all the vast masses of material worlds, and all the animals and things, great or small, that compose those worlds. See Revelation 4:11; Hebrews 1:2; Colossians 1:16. Were made - The original word is from the verb “to be,” and signifies “were” by him; but it expresses the idea of creation here. It does not alter the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The Word (logos) is God (1:1–2). Everything God does, the Word also does. Throughout his Gospel, John presents the actions of Jesus as the actions of God himself.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. All things, &c.--all things absolutely (as is evident from Joh 1:10; 1Co 8:6; Col 1:16, 17; but put beyond question by what follows). without Him was not any thing--not one thing. made--brought into being. that was made--This is a denial of the eternity and non-creation of matter, which was held by the whole thinking world outside of Judaism and Christianity: or rather, its proper creation was never so much as dreamt of save by the children of revealed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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