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
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
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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
King James Version
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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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
King James Version
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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Romans 10:8
New King James Version
8 But what does it say? (A)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):
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Romans 10:8
New American Standard Bible
8 But what does it say? “(A)The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,
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Romans 10:8
Amplified Bible
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word [the message, the basis] of faith which we preach—(A)
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Romans 10:8
King James Version
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
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Romans 10:17
New King James Version
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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Romans 10:17
New American Standard Bible
17 So faith comes from (A)hearing, and hearing by (B)the word [a]of Christ.
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- Romans 10:17 Or concerning Christ
Romans 10:17
Amplified Bible
17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ.
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Romans 10:17
King James Version
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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