John 1:1-4
New King James Version
The Eternal Word(A)
1 In the beginning (B)was the Word, and the (C)Word was (D)with God, and the Word was (E)God. 2 (F)He was in the beginning with God. 3 (G)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 (H)In Him was life, and (I)the life was the light of men.
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John 1:1-4
New American Standard Bible
1 (A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and the Word was (C)with God, and (D)the Word was God. 2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. 3 (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him [b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. 4 (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of mankind.
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John 1:1-4
Amplified Bible
The Deity of Jesus Christ
1 In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and [b]the Word was God Himself.(A) 2 He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. 3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being. 4 In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.
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- John 1:1 In John the Apostle’s vision (Rev 19), he sees Christ returning as Warrior-Messiah-King, and “...His name is called The Word of God...and LORD OF LORDS.” (Rev 19:13, 16).
- John 1:1 In this phrase, “God” appears first in the Greek word order, emphasizing the fact that “the Word” (Christ) was God—so “God Himself.”
John 1:1-4
New International Version
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) 2 He was with God in the beginning.(D) 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) 4 In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind.
John 1:7
New King James Version
7 This man came for a (A)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (B)believe.
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John 1:7
Amplified Bible
7 This man came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe [in Christ, the Light] through him.
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John 1:7
New International Version
7 He came as a witness to testify(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(B)
John 1:9
New King James Version
9 (A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
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- John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
John 1:9
Amplified Bible
9 There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.(A)
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John 1:9
New International Version
John 1:5
New King James Version
5 And (A)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
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- John 1:5 Or overcome
John 1:5
New American Standard Bible
5 And (A)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]grasp it.
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- John 1:5 Or overpower
John 1:5
Amplified Bible
5 The Light shines on in the [a]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].(A)
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- John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.
John 1:5
New International Version
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- John 1:5 Or understood
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