John 1:1-20 ▼

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

2 this One was in the beginning with God;

3 all things happened through Him, and without Him not even one thing happened that has happened.

4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men,

5 and the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not perceive it.

6 There came a man—having been sent from God—whose name [is] John,

7 this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

8 that one was not the Light, but—that he might testify about the Light.

9 He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world;

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him:

11 He came to [His] own, and [His] own did not receive Him;

12 but as many as received Him, to them He gave authority to become sons of God—to those believing in His Name,

13 who were begotten, not of blood, nor of will of flesh, nor of will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of [the] only begotten of [the] Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John testifies concerning Him, and has cried, saying, “This was He of whom I said, He who is coming after me has come before me, for He was before me.”

16 And we all received out of His fullness, and grace for grace;

17 for the Law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God; the only begotten God who is on the bosom of the Father—He has expounded [Him].

19 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites out of Jerusalem, that they might question him, “Who are you?”

20 And he confessed and did not deny, and confessed, “I am not the Christ.”