John 1:1-18.
John 1:1-18 (Good News Translation)
1In the beginning the Word already existed; the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
2From the very beginning the Word was with God.
3Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation
was made without him.
4The Word was the source of life,
and this life brought light to people.
5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never
put it out.
6God sent his messenger, a man named John,
7who came to tell people about the light, so that all should
hear the message and believe.
8He himself was not the light; he came to tell about the light.
9This was the real light—the light that comes into the world
and shines on all people.
10The Word was in the world, and though God made the world
through him, yet the world did not recognize him.
11He came to his own country, but his own people did not
receive him.
12Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he
gave them the right to become God's children.
13They did not become God's children by natural means, that is,
by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their
Father.
14The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth,
lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the
Father's only Son.
15John spoke about him. He cried out,
This is the one I was talking about when I said,
He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he
existed before I was born.
16Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all,
giving us one blessing after another.
17God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ.
18No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as
God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
Word was God.
2From the very beginning the Word was with God.
3Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation
was made without him.
4The Word was the source of life,
and this life brought light to people.
5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never
put it out.
6God sent his messenger, a man named John,
7who came to tell people about the light, so that all should
hear the message and believe.
8He himself was not the light; he came to tell about the light.
9This was the real light—the light that comes into the world
and shines on all people.
10The Word was in the world, and though God made the world
through him, yet the world did not recognize him.
11He came to his own country, but his own people did not
receive him.
12Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he
gave them the right to become God's children.
13They did not become God's children by natural means, that is,
by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their
Father.
14The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth,
lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the
Father's only Son.
15John spoke about him. He cried out,
This is the one I was talking about when I said,
He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he
existed before I was born.
16Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all,
giving us one blessing after another.
17God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ.
18No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as
God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
God bless you.
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