John 1:9-18
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
9 The true light(A) that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.[a](B)
10 He was in the world, and the world was created(C) through him, and yet the world did not recognise him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive(D) him,(E) he gave them the right(F) to be[b] children(G) of God,(H) to those who believe(I) in his name,(J) 13 who were born,(K) not of natural descent,[c] or of the will(L) of the flesh,(M) or of the will of man,[d] but of God.(N)
14 The Word(O) became flesh(P) and dwelt[e] among us. We observed his glory,(Q) the glory as the one and only(R) Son[f] from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, ‘This was the one of whom I said, “The one coming after me(S) ranks ahead of me,(T) because he existed before me.” ’)(U) 16 Indeed, we have all received grace(V) upon[g] grace from his fullness, 17 for the law was given through Moses;(W) grace and truth(X) came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. The one and only(Y) Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s(Z) side[h] – he has revealed him.(AA)
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- 1:9 Or The true light who comes into the world gives light to everyone, or The true light enlightens everyone coming into the world.
- 1:12 Or become
- 1:13 Lit blood
- 1:13 Or not of human lineage, or of human capacity, or of human volition
- 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled
- 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage.
- 1:16 Or in place of
- 1:18 Other mss read The one and only Son, who is at the Father’s side
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