John 1
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with
God. 3All things came into being through him, and without him not
one thing came into being. What has come into being 4in him was
life,* and the life was the light of all
people. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did
not overcome it. 6 There
was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7He came as a
witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8He
himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. 9The
true light, which enlightens 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. 11He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12But
to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become
children of God, 13who were born, not of blood or of the will of
the flesh or of the will of man, but 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. 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.” ’) 16From his fullness we
have all received, grace upon grace. 17The law indeed was given
through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one
has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close
to the Father’s heart, who has made
him known. |