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John 1:2-12

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2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created.[a]
4 Life was in Him,[b] and that life was the light of men.
5 That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome[c] it.
6 There was a man named John who was sent from God.
7 He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.[d]
8 He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.[e]
10 He was in the world, and the world was created through Him, yet the world did not recognize Him.
11 He came to His own,[f] and His own people[g] did not receive Him.
12 But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be[h] children of God, to those who believe in His name,
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  • [a] Col 1:16; Heb 1:2
  • [b] Other punctuation is possible: . . . not one thing was created. What was created in Him was life
  • [c] Or grasp, or comprehend, or overtake; Jn 12:35
  • [d] Or through it (the light)
  • [e] Or The true light who comes into the world gives light to everyone, or The true light enlightens everyone coming into the world.
  • [f] The same Gk adjective is used twice in this verse: the first refers to all that Jesus owned as Creator (to His own); the second refers to the Jews (His own people).
  • [g] The same Gk adjective is used twice in this verse: the first refers to all that Jesus owned as Creator (to His own); the second refers to the Jews (His own people).
  • [h] Or become
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