14 The Word(A) became flesh[a](B)
and took up residence[b] among us.
We observed His glory,(C)
the glory as the One and Only(D) Son[c] from the Father,
full of grace and truth.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:14 The eternally existent Word (vv. 1-2) took on full humanity but without sin; Heb 4:15.
  2. John 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled; this word occurs only here in John. A related word, referring to the Festival of Tabernacles, occurs only in 7:2; Ex 40:34-38.
  3. John 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage.

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me,(A) because I came from God(B) and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.

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that life was revealed,(A)
and we have seen it
and we testify and declare to you
the eternal life that was with the Father
and was revealed to us(B)

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You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins,[a](A) and there is no sin in Him.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:5 Other mss read our sins

The one who commits[a] sin is of the Devil, for the Devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God(A) was revealed(B) for this purpose: to destroy the Devil’s works.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 3:8 Or practices

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