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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.
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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, 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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