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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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2 This one was in the beginning with God.
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2 He was with God in the beginning.
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3 All [things] came into being through him, and apart from him not one [thing] came into being that has come into being.
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3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
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4 In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.
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4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
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5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
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6 A man came, sent from God, {whose name was} John.
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6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.
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