John 1:4-14

4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. ^[a]

5 And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

6 There was a man sent from ^[b] God, his name John.

7 He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

8 *He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

9 The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens ^[c] every man.

10 He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came to his own, ^[d] and his own received him not;

12 but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right ^[e] to be children ^[f] of God, to those that believe on ^[g] his name;

13 who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt ^[h] among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with ^[i] a father), full of grace and truth;

Footnotes

• [a] This latter is a reciprocal proposition, i.e. it can also he read 'the light of men was the life.'
• [b] Para, with genitive, 'from with,' see v. 14, Note d.
• [c] Or 'is light to every man.' Not 'enlightens,' but 'sheds its light upon.'
• [d] Or, 'what was his own,' but the neuter is used by John in the most general way for persons.
• [e] Exousia: 'right to take that place:' see Matt. 10.1.
• [f] Teknon: see Note, Mark 7.27.
• [g] Eis: see Note. 2Tim. 1.12.
• [h] Lit. 'tabernacled.'
• [i] para, with a genitive as here, means 'on the part of;' 'from with' gives the sense. But this must not be understood in the sense of 'with' merely. It has not this significance in the New Testament.