John 1:4-18 (New Revised Standard)
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in him was life, a and the life was the light of all people.
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
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There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.
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He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.
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The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. b
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He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him.
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He came to what was his own, c and his own people did not accept him.
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But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,
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who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.
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And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, d full of grace and truth.
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(John testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, "He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.' ")
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From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
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The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, e who is close to the Father's heart, f who has made him known.
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Geneva Study Bible
John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
- John
- John 1
- John 1:4
- John 1:5
- John 1:6
- John 1:7
- John 1:8
- John 1:9
- John 1:10
- John 1:11
- John 1:12
- John 1:13
- John 1:14
- John 1:15
- John 1:16
- John 1:17
- John 1:18
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)
People's New Testament
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament
- John
- John 1:4
- John 1:5
- John 1:6
- John 1:7
- John 1:8
- John 1:9
- John 1:10
- John 1:11
- John 1:12
- John 1:13
- John 1:14
- John 1:15
- John 1:16
- John 1:17
- John 1:18
Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
The Fourfold Gospel
Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge
- John
- John 1
- John 1:4
- John 1:5
- John 1:6
- John 1:7
- John 1:8
- John 1:9
- John 1:10
- John 1:11
- John 1:12
- John 1:13
- John 1:14
- John 1:15
- John 1:16
- John 1:17
- John 1:18
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
John 1:4 - Or [through him. And without him not one thing came into being that has come into being. In him was life]
b.
John 1:9 - Or [He was the true light that enlightens everyone coming into the world]
c.
John 1:11 - Or [to his own home]
d.
John 1:14 - Or [the Father's only Son]
e.
John 1:18 - Other ancient authorities read [It is an only Son, God,] or [It is the only Son]
f.
John 1:18 - Gk [bosom]