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The light shines in the darkness,
    and the darkness can never extinguish it.[a]

God sent a man, John the Baptist,[b] to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

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  1. 1:5 Or and the darkness has not understood it.
  2. 1:6 Greek a man named John.

The light shines in the darkness,(A) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(B)

There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(C) He came as a witness to testify(D) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(E)

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  1. John 1:5 Or understood