John 1

Chapter 1

The Deity of Jesus Christ

^1aIn the beginning was ^bthe Word, and the Word was ^cwith God, and ^dthe Word was God.

²¹He was in the beginning with God.

^3aAll things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

^4aIn Him was life, and the life was ^bthe Light of men.

^5aThe Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not ¹comprehend it.

The Witness John

⁶There ¹came a man sent from God, whose name was ^aJohn.

⁷¹He came ^2aas a witness, to testify about the Light, ^bso that all might believe through him.

^81aHe was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

⁹There was ^athe true Light ¹which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.

¹⁰He was in the world, and ^athe world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.

¹¹He came to His ¹own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

¹²But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become ^achildren of God, even ^bto those who believe in His name,

^13awho were ¹born, not of ²blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

The Word Made Flesh

¹⁴And ^athe Word ^bbecame flesh, and ^1cdwelt among us, and ^dwe saw His glory, glory as of ²the only begotten from the Father, full of ^egrace and ^ftruth.

¹⁵John ^atestified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘^bHe who comes after me ¹has a higher rank than I, ^cfor He existed before me.’ ”

¹⁶For of His ^afullness ¹we have all received, and ²grace upon grace.

¹⁷For ^athe Law was given through Moses; ^bgrace and ^ctruth ¹were realized through Jesus Christ.

^18aNo one has seen God at any time; ^bthe only begotten God who is ^cin the bosom of the Father, ^dHe has explained Him.

The Testimony of John

¹⁹This is ^athe testimony of John, when ^bthe Jews sent to him priests and Levites ^cfrom Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

²⁰And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “^aI am not ¹the Christ.”

²¹They asked him, “What then? Are you ^aElijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you ^bthe Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

²²Then they said to him, “Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

²³He said, “I am ^aa voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

²⁴Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

²⁵They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ¹Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^athe Prophet?”

²⁶John answered them saying, “^aI baptize ¹in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

²⁷“It is ^aHe who comes after me, the ^bthong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

²⁸These things took place in Bethany ^abeyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, ^athe Lamb of God who ^btakes away the sin of the world!

³⁰“This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘^aAfter me comes a Man who ¹has a higher rank than I, ^bfor He existed before me.’

³¹“I did not recognize ¹Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing ²in water.”

³²John ^atestified saying, “^bI have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

³³“I did not recognize ¹Him, but He who sent me to baptize ²in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, ^athis is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

³⁴“I myself have seen, and have testified that this is ^athe Son of God.”

Jesus’ Public Ministry, First Converts

³⁵Again ^athe next day John was standing ¹with two of his disciples,

³⁶and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, ^athe Lamb of God!”

³⁷The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “^aRabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?”

³⁹He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they came and saw where He was staying; and they stayed with Him that day, for it was about the ¹tenth hour.

^40aOne of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

⁴¹He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the ^aMessiah” (which translated means ¹Christ).

⁴²He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ^1aJohn; you shall be called ^bCephas” (which is translated ^2cPeter).

^43aThe next day He purposed to go into ^bGalilee, and He found ^cPhilip. And Jesus said to him, “^dFollow Me.”

⁴⁴Now ^aPhilip was from ^bBethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

^45aPhilip found ^bNathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom ^cMoses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Jesus of ^dNazareth, ^ethe son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, “^aCan any good thing come out of Nazareth?” ^bPhilip said to him, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an ^aIsraelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”

⁴⁸Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before ^aPhilip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

⁴⁹Nathanael answered Him, “^aRabbi, You are ^bthe Son of God; You are the ^cKing of Israel.”

⁵⁰Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

⁵¹And He said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see ^athe heavens opened and ^bthe angels of God ascending and descending on ^cthe Son of Man.”