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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 The same was in the beginning with God.
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He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.
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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 men.
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In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.
5 And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness did not comprehend 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 This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men 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 was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light.
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He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this 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 was made by him: and the world knew him not.
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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 unto his own: and his own received him not.
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He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
12 But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name.
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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 are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor 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 was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), 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 beareth witness of him and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me is preferred before 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 And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace.
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Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.
17 For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
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For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the Bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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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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