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John - ch 1 v 1 - 20
- From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
- This Word was from the first in relation with God.
- All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
- What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
- And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
- There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
- He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
- He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.
- The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
- He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
- He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
- To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
- Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
- And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
- John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
- From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
- For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
- No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
- And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
- He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
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