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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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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
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He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being
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Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.
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In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
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The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
7 He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him.
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He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.
8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light.
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He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
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The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
10 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 was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
11 He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.
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He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,
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Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
13 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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children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
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The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (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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(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)
16 From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
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Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.
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No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
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